Caught on camera: Thieves steal thousands in vapes, cash from Coral Springs smoke shop

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The proprietor of a Coral Springs fume store is calling for justness aft surveillance video shows 2 masked burglars broke into her store aboriginal Wednesday morning, stealing thousands of dollars successful currency and merchandise.

It happened astir 2:45 a.m. astatine Smoke This Too, located astatine 2530 N. University Drive.

Surveillance video shows 2 individuals dressed successful agelong clothing, gloves and masks approaching the rear of the concern with a hammer and 2 ample boxes.

Moments later, they smashed the solid doorway and forced their mode inside.

Kelli Thibault, who has owned the store since 2011, said the brace worked quickly.

“As a tiny concern it’s hard capable to marque ends meet,” Thibault said. “They didn’t get us. We went close backmost into cognition the aforesaid time truthful we truly didn’t skip a beat.”

While inside, the thieves were seen filling bins with merchandise, including disposable vapes specified arsenic Razz, Geek Bar and Lost Mary — products known to beryllium fashionable among teens and young adults.

Thibault said the brace besides made disconnected with the store’s register, a currency container and astir $500 successful cash.

The archetypal nonaccomplishment is estimated astatine astir $15,000, though constabulary said the full worth could emergence erstwhile a afloat inventory is completed.

Thibault believes the suspects whitethorn beryllium minors based connected what they targeted.

“I deliberation successful my opinion, it’s astir apt kids due to the fact that they didn’t instrumentality a batch of precocious summons items,” she said. “They took things that are casual to merchantability truthful parents, teachers — look for that benignant of stuff.”

The video shows the suspects pulling the bins retired the backmost door, 1 of them dragging the currency registry cord crossed the floor.

After the archetypal haul, the burglars returned minutes aboriginal with a trash can, smashing a showcase with a hammer and stealing gummy products.

According to Coral Springs police, the suspects were past seen fleeing northbound connected foot. Their conveyance was reportedly caught connected surveillance video from Total Wine, which is located adjacent door.

Investigators said they’re reviewing the footage but nary arrests oregon imaginable suspects person been announced astatine this time.

Authorities said they are searching for a tiny metallic oregon achromatic hatchback that was utilized arsenic the getaway vehicle.

Anyone with accusation is urged to telephone the Coral Springs Police Department astatine 954-344-1800 oregon Broward Crime Stoppers astatine 954-493-8477.

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