What dopes.
Wild surveillance footage shows masked burglars trying to torch a Michigan cannabis dispensary — just for one of them to go up in flames instead.
“It was definitely amateur hour for sure,” Mike Bahoura, owner of the Pure Cannabis Outlet in Monroe, told ClickOnDetroit of the criminal going up in smoke.
The surveillance video shows a Jeep Cherokee ramming through the entrance of the store, around 40 miles southwest of Detroit, just after 1 a.m. Sunday.
Two masked burglars then got out of the van, running to the back room to steal product and then pouring gasoline over the counters.
But the fire ignited immediately, setting at least one of the hapless criminals on fire — with the video showing the suspect still engulfed in flames as the pair ran through the parking lot.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Bahoura said of the footage from his business.
“I figured it was just a smash and grab, and they were just looking for some free product,” he said.
“I never thought anybody would take it to this level … it definitely feels targeted,” he said.
The store’s built-in sprinklers quickly extinguished the fire and Bahoura was able to reopen the dispensary later that day.
“We have insurance. We will be fine, but if it was worse and we were closed for an extended period of time, my biggest worry would’ve been the people who work here,” he said.
No arrests have been made, and Bahoura is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.
“I’m confident they will find who did this,” he said.
No exact value has been given for the value of the stolen product.
The Jeep used in the raid was left at the scene and later confirmed as stolen out of Detroit by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The store is making the best of the free publicity, posting several parody videos to social media and buying gas cans.
“We are going to allow our budtenders to use them as tip jars to have some more fun with it,” store floor manager Briana Pittman said.
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