Gunmen Stick Up Smoke Shop - Caught on Camera

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Cops are searching for these men in connection with the armed robbery of a Bayside smoke shop. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Queens Voice

September 6, 2023


QUEENS - At least three gunmen pointed weapons at an employee inside a Bayside smoke shop and robbed the shop of merchandise and marijuana products cops said. The dramatic robbery was caught on camera. 


At around midnight on September 4, a group of men walking into Zaza Smoke Shop, across from the White Castle on Bell Boulevard. Surveillance cameras from inside the smoke shop captured the men dressed in hoodies and face masks, pulling out handguns and pointing them at the 20-year-old employee.



Cops said the gunmen took $9,000 worth of merchandise and marijuana products. Investigators said the robbers left the store and hopped into a stolen black BMW with a defective headlight parked in front of the store. The crooks then drove off. 



The suspects were last seen wearing black hoodies and hats and face masks. Each wore surgical gloves. 




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.




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