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Ski-masked gun-toting bandits held up and robbed a medical marijuana facility during business hours late Thursday.

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Pot Clinic Robbed in West Hollywood

Armed suspects held up medical marijuana facility.

Updated: Friday, 19 Jun 2009, 4:13 PM PDT
Published : Friday, 19 Jun 2009, 8:26 AM PDT

Text information from: Newsreel
Posted by: Dennis Lovelace, Scott Coppersmith

West Hollywood (myFOXla.com) - Ski-masked gun-toting bandits held up and robbed a medical marijuana facility called the GGR Medical Marijuana Store during business hours late Thursday evening.

Sgt. Abbot of West LAPD and officers at the scene confirmed three bandits wearing ski masks entered the GGR Medical Marijuana store on the 2000 block of Cotner Avenue during business hours around 11p.m.

Watch Gina Silva's report in the video player.

At least six customers and two employees were in the store at the time, according to a visual count at the scene. The bandits brandished guns and ordered the employees to hand over cash and marijuana or risk harm. Police said a moderate amount of cash and marijuana valued in the thousands of dollars was taken by threat and force.

Customers remained with police at the store until 1:30 a.m. answering questions while criminologists and fingerprint specialists gathered evidence . At least one of the suspects was careless and left a fingerprint at the scene.

Police from West L.A are talking with investigators in Reseda about a similar holdup at a medical marijuana facility that happened the Wednesday evening on the 7100 block of Reseda Blvd.

Police are studying the actions and descriptions of the suspects involved with both robberies to determine if a band of serial robbers is targeting the controversial dispensary facilities on a near-daily basis.


 

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