You’ve heard of drilling for oil and fuel. However weapons?
Greater than 50 firearms have been stolen from a Placer County gun retailer after a thief bored a gap into an out of doors wall whereas the enterprise was closed, authorities mentioned.
Based on the Placer County Sheriff’s Workplace, the thief started making a gap into the wall at Foothill Firearms in Newcastle at 1:20 a.m. on Monday. By 4 a.m. the thief had made their method inside the shop, the place they loaded a duffel bag with weapons after which left in a automobile, the Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch.
Police don’t have an outline of the thief or their automobile, and the case is underneath investigation, based on authorities.
Retailer co-owner Jaimie Kuntz advised the Sacramento Bee that the thief tried to cowl their tracks by spray-painting a safety digital camera inside the shop, however the digital camera wasn’t working within the first place. There have been different safety cameras that captured the thief in motion, she mentioned.
Kuntz mentioned her alarm firm known as her round 4 a.m. in regards to the break-in and a neighboring enterprise noticed the suspect flee the scene.
“That is actually tousled for a small, family-owned enterprise,” Kuntz advised the newspaper.
There have been about 50 weapons stolen from the shop, Kuntz mentioned, and are estimated to be value a minimum of $40,000, costing between $900 and $1,800 apiece.
