2023-08-13 21:51:00
The Los Angeles Police (USA) asked this Sunday for citizen collaboration to capture a gang of between 30 and 50 robbers who stormed, armed with pepper spray, into a luxury store and in a few minutes made off with items worth up to 100,000 dollars (91,000 euros).
The target was the department store Nordstrom del centro comercial Westfield Topanga, en Woodland Hills.
The assailants neutralized the store’s security guards with pepper spray used to scare off bears and fled with luxury bags and high-end clothing, a spokesman for the department said. Los Angeles Police Department to NBC News.
30-50 looters raid and loot Westfield Topanga Mall (Los Angeles) today pic.twitter.com/yKWyKJWBET
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The Police looking for the thieves, who were recorded by the security cameras and the phones of the people who witnessed this type of robbery on the rise in The Angels.
In a video of the incident circulating on social networks, the thieves with their faces covered by hoods and masks can be seen smashing shelves and shop windows and fleeing the store loaded with luxury items.
“I didn’t really understand at first what was going on and then I realized what was really going on when all the security, everybody was heading to the same area.”said a witness to ABC 7 television channel in Los Angeles.
The los angeles policewho said he received many calls on Saturday afternoon warning that there had been “numerous people stealing” in that mall and immediately dispatched his agents to the location, he estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 dollars the value of what was stolen.
According to police, the robbers fled in several vehicles, including a BMW, a Lexus and a Honda.
The mayoress of Los Angeles, Karen Bassdescribed the theft as “absolutely unacceptable” and said that “Those who committed these acts and similar acts in neighboring areas must be held accountable.”
“The Los Angeles Police Department will continue to work to not only find those responsible for this incident but to prevent these attacks on retailers from happening in the future,” added.
On Tuesday a robbery took place with the same “mode of operation” in a French brand store Yves Saint Laurent in it centro comercial Americana at Brand, en Glendaleand the losses were estimated at $300,000, according to NBC News.
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