Crime Law

Police: Men brandish gun, plunger handle in medical marijuana robbery caught on camera

SHORELINE, Wash. — Two men held employees at gun- and plunger-handlepoint during a robbery at a Shoreline medical marijuana dispensary heist that was caught on video, the King County Sheriff's Office said.

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the men.

The incident occurred Saturday around 8:30 p.m. at the Seashore Collective in the 17500 block of 15th Avenue Northeast in Shoreline.  The robbers entered the business; one produced a handgun and the other held the handle to a toilet plunger, police said. The men demanded money and marijuana, then fled in a stolen vehicle.  The vehicle was recovered shortly after the robbery about a mile away.

Anyone with information about the robbers is asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center at 206-296-3311.

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