Crime & Safety
Bed Stuy Hookah Shop Heist Sees Thieves Flee With Safe, Cops Say
The smoke shop marauders also walked away with $6,000 of CBD cigars, according to the NYPD.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A hookah heist saw robbers ransack a Bed-Stuy business and walk off with a safe and $6,000 worth of CBD cigars, police announced Thursday.
Two armed robbers hit Cloud Zone Hookah on Nostrand Avenue and Herkimer Place about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to police.
The smoke shop marauders demanded money from a worker, 33, who they pistol-whipped before pulling $900 in cash from the register, police said.
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The pair then walked away, up Nostrand Avenue, with a safe full of cash and the cigars, according to police.
Medics treated the 33-year-old worker for a cut on his head, said police. sustained a laceration and redness to the head and was treated by EMS on scene.
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Police released images of the suspects, who are estimated to be between 25 and 35. Anyone with information about the heist is asked to contact the NYPD.
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