2 sought after surveillance video shows armed robbery at Wilton Manors smoke shop

WILTON MANORS, Fla. – Authorities are searching for 2 individuals who they accidental were caught connected surveillance video committing an equipped robbery astatine a fume store successful Wilton Manors aboriginal Tuesday morning.

The incidental occurred astatine the World of Smoke and Vape store, located astatine 2201 Wilton Dr.

According to Wilton Manors police, the culprits entered and exited the store respective times earlier 1 of them pulled a weapon connected a store employee.

“Two individuals entered the store. After they walked astir for respective moments, they near the store, re-entered a fewer times, and connected the past clip they entered, they held the store idiosyncratic astatine gunpoint,” Detective Haley Plante, of the Wilton Manors Police Department, told Local 10 News connected Thursday. “While 1 of them was doing that, the different idiosyncratic ran down the antagonistic and started removing products.”

Surveillance video shows the equipped idiosyncratic pointing a weapon astatine the worker arsenic the 2nd suspect, who was wearing red, grabs arsenic galore THC vapes arsenic helium could carry.

Police estimation each vape is worthy astir $40, with the full nonaccomplishment amounting to $879 successful stolen merchandise, including vapes and different items.

“They some near and fled connected Wilton Drive,” Plante said.

Authorities said the store worker was not physically harmed during the incidental and was capable to activate a panic fastener to alert instrumentality enforcement discreetly.

“A batch of our businesses bash usage those,” Plante said. “It’s a mode that they tin notify america without needfully alerting the offenders that are successful there, truthful we privation to get determination arsenic rapidly and promptly arsenic possible.”

Police said the culprits stay astatine large.

The Wilton Manors PD is asking anyone with accusation astir the robbery oregon the identities of the individuals seen successful the video to telephone them astatine 954-390-2150.

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