Vape shops targeted in series of burglaries across Philadelphia

VAPE SHOPS IN PHILADELPHIA ARE FALLING VICTIM TO VANDALS NOW. TWO BUSINESSES WERE HIT, ONE OF THEM TWICE. THE SUSPECTS BROKE IN AND STOLE SMOKING MATERIALS. ACTION NEWS REPORTER CORY DAVIS LIVE NOW IN WISSANOMING AND ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES HIT. CORY, POLICE NOW LOOKING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS. And Brian, police are trying to determine whether this is potentially connected as well. We are in the vestibule right now of Smoker's Palace that got hit. They actually drove the car into this area. And now employees have boarded everything up just trying to do the best they can. They are open. We're told the thieves actually pried this gate open. So an additional layer of security they managed to still get through before going in and stealing cigars. Okay, good, good, good, good. Go, go, go, go, go. The first attempt didn't work. Burglars seen here using a car to ram into the front of Smoke Palace tobacco shop. Glass shattering on the second attempt with the store's security alarm going off at around 6.30 Saturday morning on Keystone Street in Philadelphia's Wissanoming neighborhood. Action News also obtained this video inside of the group checking the registers first. Employees tell us the registers didn't have any cash. The group Then started stealing boxes of merchandise off the back shelves. They were in and out of there in roughly 30 seconds. We are told they pried open this interior security gate to get inside and that they mostly stole cigars and cigar wrappers just like these from the back shelves. Employees tell me the cigars the group went after are very popular among customers. Philadelphia police have confirmed burglaries at two vape shops within the last week. Calubra snack and vape on North Front Street in Hunting Park was hit twice. We're told a group drove a car into the front doors last Tuesday morning and then came back with multiple vehicles Friday morning. The business has since installed these bollards out front to help prevent this from happening again. And right now investigators trying to determine exactly how many people are involved and whether these recent cases are potentially connected. Live here in Wissanoming, Corey Davis, Channel 6 Action News. Yeah, that video very clear. Okay, Corey, thank you.