Today, a crew of thieves turned a Greenville Avenue vape shop into a crash scene, ramming a pickup truck into the storefront, shattering the front window and security gate, then sprinting inside to scoop up armfuls of product before speeding off. The hit left the Northeast Dallas business out thousands of dollars in merchandise and facing major repairs.
Dallas police were called just before 5:30 a.m. to World of Smoke & Vape. Surveillance video shows a red pickup backing into the front entrance while three men, two of them in masks, rush inside and grab vape products and accessories in a quick three-minute sweep, according to NBC 5 Dallas‑Fort Worth. Investigators say the thieves then took off in a black sedan.
A co-owner told the station the group made off with at least $10,000 in merchandise, and estimated that between destroyed inventory and structural damage, total losses could climb past $100,000, NBC 5 Dallas‑Fort Worth reported. “I just want to tell our customers we’ll be back up and running by tomorrow,” the co-owner said…