https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10274993/Spate-robberies-San-Francisco-Bay-Area-threatens-survival-cannabis-shops.html
shops in the San Francisco Bay Area in a single month: One business owner insists it was 'safer to sell on the streets illegally'
More than 15 cannabis shops in Oakland were robbed last month, with gangs of thieves firing 175 shots and stealing about $5 million worth of products
Business owners say they were targeted because thieves believe they have a lot of cash on hand, but the shops are actually struggling to survive
One store owner said he knows 25 shops that were hit, including his own, and that only half of them would be able to reopen
The robberies were part of a series of 'smash-and-grab' thefts happening across California and concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles
By Ronny Reyes For Dailymail.Com
Published: 13:50 EST, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 16:06 EST, 4 December 2021