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Deputies ask for help in identifying suspects in multiple pot shop robberies

King Co. pot shot robberies (King County Sheriff's Office)

KING COUNTY, Wash. — Investigators with the King County Sheriff's Office are asking for help in identifying four suspects in three pot shop robberies.

At about 11:26 p.m. Nov. 18, 2019, four people, some with handguns, wearing masks and dark clothing robbed Star 21, located at 11042 First Ave. S. in the White Center neighborhood and ordered employees to the ground, police said.

The robbers were seen on surveillance video taking marijuana and cash from the registers, police said. They fled on foot, and police said they probably had a car parked nearby.

On Feb. 6, police said four people wearing masks and dark clothing robbed III King Company Marijuana, located at 12925 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. in Skyway. Several of the robbers had handguns and ordered two clerks to the ground.

Surveillance video shows the robbers taking marijuana and cash from the registers, police said. They also left on foot.

At about 11:05 p.m., police said Nimbin Pot Shop in White Center was also robbed by four people wearing masks and dark clothing. Store employees were ordered to the ground at gunpoint.

One employee had a gun pointed at them during the entire robbery as the robbers jumped over the counter and stole marijuana and cash from the registers, police said.

Detectives believe several of the robbers are responsible for multiple robberies, if not all.

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