Thieves hit a cigar shop from the side in Tampa

[SkinsFanLarry]

Two men stole about $15,000 worth of merchandise from a Tampa cigar shop by pushing through the drywall of an adjacent office in the early hours of last Friday morning.

Owner D.C. Goutoufas of Gaspar’s Cigar Shoppe was getting ready to celebrate his second anniversary in business when thieves smashed through the wall in his lounge area between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. according to Tampa police as reported in the Tampa Tribune.

Losses included a plasma television, bottles of spirits and some of the contents from 18 of the 88 private lockers in the lounge, from which about 50 boxes of cigars were stolen. The two suspects were caught on the store surveillance tape, after cutting the wires to the front security panel of the shop. They exited quickly once they entered the walk-in humidor and triggered another alarm.

Police are contacting locker owners to determine just what cigars were stolen; Goutoufas estimated the total damage at about $15,000.

 

[strife]

That sucks, there's gonna be a storm of cigar sales at a certain auction site I'm sure.

 

[Cyrann]

Wow, that is crazy... wonder if they were ALLOWED to report all the boxes...

 

[njstone]

Wow, that is crazy... wonder if they were ALLOWED to report all the boxes...

Yea...I don't know if it would be wise to store certian things in an essentially public place. But you can always claim a box of cigars that was similar value, I suppose.

 

[Cyrann]

Yea...I don't know if it would be wise to store certian things in an essentially public place. But you can always claim a box of cigars that was similar value, I suppose.

But then you are a liar...

 

[blooz4u]

That's terrible.

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Yea...I don't know if it would be wise to store certian things in an essentially public place. But you can always claim a box of cigars that were of similar value, I suppose.

That would be the smart way to do, in my opinion!

 

[blooz4u]

Yea...I don't know if it would be wise to store certian things in an essentially public place. But you can always claim a box of cigars that was similar value, I suppose.

I know most stores publicly post that you cannot store "certaint items" in their public humidors....So yeah, better find something of equal value.

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

I know most stores publicly post that you cannot store "certaint items" in their public humidors....So yeah, better find something of equal value.

At the B&M that I used to work at, we told the customers what was a "no-no" to store in their lockers, and I checked each and every locker at least once a month for "contraband!"

 

[blooz4u]

At the B&M that I used to work at, we told the customers what was a "no-no" to store in their lockers, and I checked each and every locker at least once a month for "contraband!"

Ever find any "no-no" stuff?

 

[Shmear]

Damn them. I'll shove up a pineapple up their butt! That is terrible.

 

[blooz4u]

Damn them. I'll shove up a pineapple up their butt! That is terrible.

Hey Meg - Do you think that would rectum-fy the situation ?? :skew:

 

[hdroadglide]

i'm sure the csi team is there to anal yze the evidence!!

 

[Klusterbuck]

Yes sir, I had 18 unopened boxes of Opus X cigars in there.... Yes I did.

 

[smokemifugotem]

Yes sir, I had 18 unopened boxes of Opus X cigars in there.... Yes I did.

One or two of those boxes were the 22 right!?!?

 

[Cyrann]

One or two of those boxes were the 22 right!?!?

He told me 8...

 

[Klusterbuck]

All i know is someone stole all my opus cigars.....

 

[Shmear]

Hey Meg - Do you think that would rectum-fy the situation ?? :skew:

Hell yeah, it would… unless they are also sick bastids… I don't wanna know

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Ever find any "no-no" stuff?

Up until the time I left, no I did not.

 

[blooz4u]

Up until the time I left, no I did not.

Hmm.... Me thinks you weren't looking hard enough!! :hysterica