NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD released surveillance footage on Tuesday of two suspects who sprayed a Lower Manhattan smoke shop worker before stealing hundreds of dollars in weed earlier this month, authorities said.
At approximately 5:20 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, the men entered Smokers Paradise smoke shop located at 174 Hester St. where one suspect sprayed an unknown chemical substance in the 27-year-old store employee’s face, police said.
The suspects then stole two jars of pot valued cumulatively at approximately $300 dollars, according to officials.
Both suspects fled the location on foot eastbound on Hester Street toward Mott Street.
The victim refused medical attention.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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