In California, a gourmet thief cut a hole in the roof of a store and took out the most expensive wine, liquor and whiskey (3 photos + 1 video)

The owner of the store said that about 60% was stolen its stocks of elite alcohol, and the total damage amounted to more half a million dollars.





In California, police are investigating a daring shoplifting selling alcohol. According to the police, the thief broke into the store, drilling a hole in the roof. In the resulting hole, he went down rope, after which he took the most expensive wine and liquors.

On CCTV footage from Lincoln Fine Wines recorded the very beginning of the hack. In the footage you can see how a white pickup truck pulls up to the store, a man dressed in black hoodie, red baseball cap and red gloves. Hiding his face behind a mask, he climbs a metal container to him to climb onto the roof. In the hands of the robber is a sharp metal object, like a big knife.

It was for them that the criminal cut a hole in the ceiling above store basement. The most valuable and expensive alcoholic drinks. After the thief is in shop, it closes the view of surveillance cameras and disables lighting.



Store owner Nazmul Haq Helal says that The robbery took place around midnight. The thief stayed in the store quite a long time and got out of there around 4 in the morning - then it worked alarm, and Hak heard it and woke up.

“Before, I always thought that they could break the door and windows. Now they penetrate through the walls and through the roof, ”Hak is surprised.

The owner of the shop complains that the robbers stole the most valuable wines, skipping the cheaper drinks. “They completely cleaned out the basement. They took everything. Where we kept Burgundy and Bordeaux, now not nothing left,” Helal mourns. Among the stolen drinks were Italian and French selection wines (for example, a bottle of Chateau Petrus 2016, which, according to the store, sells for 4500 dollars). Thieves also stole The Last Drop - a rare Scotch whiskey 1971 issue worth $6,000. According to the store manager Nika Martinella, thieves stole almost all French wine over $1,000 a bottle.



Robbed store owner about to send out lists stolen from local stores and auction houses. If they go there thieves in order to sell a batch of wine, it is better to check its origin.

After the robbery, the store owner said that he encountered unparalleled support from its employees and customers. According to him, this week some customers came in that Hack hadn't seen since since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and bought “three or four bottles of more” than usually purchased.

The police are still investigating this robbery, and the owners stores Hack advises not to flatter yourself. Even if your shop has a good alarm and you have provided everything so as not to become a victim of a robber, there is no guarantee that your store will not be surrounded.