A frustrated business owner in Chatsworth arrived to find a group of burglars used a pickup truck to ram their way into his smoke shop Thursday morning.
Surveillance video showed a white pickup truck was used to back through Smoke City’s security gate and front doors around 1:30 a.m.
Five burglars are then seen running into the store on the 21700 block of Devonshire St. wearing masks, hoodies and backpacks.
The burglars then fled in a separate vehicle waiting outside, leaving the truck used to break into the shop behind.
The owner of the store spoke to KTLA’s Megan Telles after the burglary.
“You work hard for your life, for your future, and a bunch of crooks, criminals, they just come in a minute and they destroy pretty much everything,” George said while surveying the damage.
It was unclear exactly how much merchandise was taken from the shop but George said the repair costs will far outweigh the price of what was taken.
He also said this is not the first time burglars have broken into one of his shops and he has little hope they will be caught.
“Unfortunately, with the experience that we’ve had with authorities, nothing was ever done. We don’t believe that anything is going to get done this time either,” George said.