Two thieves More than $30,000 worth of equipment was stolen from a camera store in Palmetto Bay, Miami, are wanted by police after they were caught in the act by the company’s surveillance cameras.
On November 2nd, through surveillance video, the owner of the store Pitman photo saw the exact moment when the thieves According to a report by América TeVé, they arrived at the scene in a model sedan and, after getting out, hit the main door and window of the establishment with a hammer.
It took them 20 minutes to break the hurricane-resistant glass and, after drilling a hole through which they could reach and open the door, they entered the site.
As you can see in the video, that is Robbery It happened minutes before 1am. When the owner received the alarm from the cameras, he called the police.
One of the employees, Isis Iglesias, assured the TV station that the owner “immediately called the police,” but when the agents arrived, the thieves “already broke in and took the Sony equipment.”
“She They wore masks and gloves And they knew that they went to that point, took everything in a bag and ran away,” Iglesias said. “They were very specific about these cameras and lenses.because these cameras are very expensive, $3,000, $4,000, each camera, and they focused on that (…) they came and went very quickly.”
You can see in the video the individuals, hooded and dressed entirely in blackwhile two trash bags were filled with cameras and other equipment worth more than $30,000.
One of them looks directly into the camera and then he calmly proceeds to put his loot into a bag, at the same time as his accomplice.
This is the second robbery at the store in the last five years. The company has been owned by the same family since 1928, América TeVé reported, but did not reveal who the owners are.
Police are asking anyone with information that can help arrest the suspects to call the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers hotline at (305) 471-8477.