Ali Zerag says his brother’s store, 98 Gift Shop in the International and 98th region, was broken into early last Saturday morning. Surveillance video shows dozens of people flocking and ransacking the smokehouse.
$ 100,000 in merchandise would have been taken from this small business along International & 98th.
Ali Zerag told me that his brother’s store, 98 Gift Shop, was targeted last Saturday night by dozens and dozens of thieves who broke in and ransacked the tobacco store. (1/3) #Oakland pic.twitter.com/nQS2GDR0Vw
– Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) November 28, 2021
Ali says his brother had owned the store for 4 years and had never seen anything like it before.
He wants the public to know that what is going on and that it’s not just big box stores that are affected. #Oakland pic.twitter.com/Ydr1nysXmL
– Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) November 28, 2021
It reminds me so much of the Wellspring independent pharmacy which was similarly broken into last weekend.
The owner of this store says his security company didn’t even alert him when the burglary happened. #Oakland pic.twitter.com/psvieeN3o5
– Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) November 28, 2021
This weekend, Oakland’s independent Wellspring Pharmacy was also targeted in a similar fashion. Owner Andrew Beyers said the theft was devastating and employees spent much of their day restoring the store so customers could have their prescriptions on time.
Oakland Police are investigating the incident.
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