Weed Shop Bandits Strike Same Store 3 times in 1 Week
Cops Looking for 6 Suspects in Pot Shop Robberies The NYPD is searching for six men in connection with the robberies of smoke shops in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD By David Greene Bronx Voice May 20, 2024 BRONX - The NYPD is looking for six men captured on video and wanted in connection with a robbery of a smoke shop—the group of young men are suspected in three robberies at the shop in one week. On May 7, the NYPD announced the three commercial robberies, without ever mentioning it was a smoke shop. According to police the first robbery took place at the Castle Smokers Smoke Shop Convenience, located at 1219 Castle Hill Avenue on April 17 at 8:30 p.m. A police source told the Bronx Voice that six males entered the store, climbed over the store’s plexiglass, and removed $3,000 worth of “store merchandise” before fleeing the scene on foot. No injuries were reported. Police released store surveillance video showing six males wearing hooded jackets enter the store, when one c