Thieves raid Gulf View's Vape store 

Gulf View busi­ness­man Cae­sar Samad passed by his store twice ear­ly yes­ter­day but nev­er re­al­ized that thieves had van­dal­ized his build­ing. 

It was on­ly when he saw a mes­sage on the Gulf View What­sapp com­mu­ni­ty chat that he saw the smashed glass doors. 

The build­ing sit­u­at­ed at Bam­boo Bay Road, Gulf View, La Ro­maine hous­es Cool Con­trol Lim­it­ed and Vape Store and Ac­ces­sories.  

In­side the Vape store, the show­cas­es had been smashed. Shards of glass were scat­tered around and two big stones were ly­ing in the store. 

CCTV footage showed three rob­bers at the scene. They squeezed through the bur­glar-proof to gain ac­cess. 

They made off with three back­packs filled with va­p­ing equip­ment, cell­phone ac­ces­sories, va­p­ing oils and charg­ers. 

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia Cae­sar busi­ness­man Cae­sar Samad de­scribed the thieves as "con­tor­tion­ists." 

"We came in ear­ly this morn­ing and did not no­tice the glass was bro­ken. When read­ing the Gulf View chat, I saw the glass re­al­ly bro­ken. We have ev­i­dence that three of them fit through the bur­glar-proof and stole the va­p­ing de­vices and oils, flash­cards and charg­ers. We can't put a val­ue as yet but the glass cas­es were filled," Samad said. 

He ex­pressed re­lief and grat­i­tude that his fam­i­ly was safe. 

"We are hap­py for life. We could build back but it's not easy. This coun­try has reached a point where you are not safe to do any­thing with busi­ness or have a fam­i­ly life. It's un­safe and we need help," he added. 

Samad com­mend­ed the po­lice for re­spond­ing quick­ly. 

"They are still here. They came to take fin­ger­prints. The po­lice are do­ing yeo­man ser­vice in help­ing the Gulf View area," he added. 

Two stones were re­trieved from in­side the store and CCTV footage has been sup­plied to the po­lice. 

Guardian Me­dia will up­date this sto­ry as more in­for­ma­tion comes to hand.