FBI investigating pot shop robbery

SEATTLE — In less than a minute, three armed man robbed a Seattle pot shop last Thursday, taking thousands of dollars in cash.

“This is probably the worst one that I’ve seen in all my years,” says Chad Alabe who heads security for the Seattle business. “The came in hot. They came in fast.”

Police say the three suspects forced their way into the Lake City Uncle Ikes, with guns in hand. One suspect jumped the counter and forced an employee to open a safe in another room. The two other suspects prevent a customer from leaving by hitting him in the head and forcing him to the ground at gunpoint, before one of them runs off and starts grab products off of the wall.

Alabe says more and more pot shops are being targeted across the area and the attacks are more brazen. “It seems like you turn on the news and there’s some type of pot shop robbery going on somehow, someway.”

Officers are now trying to figure out who these men are, and say the FBI is involved in the investigation.

“At the end of the day I hope we get treated equivalent to a bank robbery and these guys get caught and prosecuted,” says Alabe.

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