Burglars Hit West St. Paul Tobacco Shop Three Times

For the third time in about a month, someone broke into Joseph's Tobacco Sales in West St. Paul. The Wazwaz family says a man drove a truck into the business after hours last Wednesday, breaking in and stealing cigarettes.
the incident was caught on eleven different surveillance cameras. Ken Wazwaz says the man took about 70 cartons of cigarettesworth more than $3,500.
"Cigarettes are very expensive with the taxes and such, they're a hot commodity on the black marget in the area," said Lt. Brian Sturgeon with the West St. Paul Police Department.
Police are trying to track down the man in the video. They want to know if he's the same man who drove a pick-up truck into the same tobacco store in late November, taking cigarettes and leaving a mess.
They don't think the smash and grabs are related to a third break-in at the shop. In that case, several people broke into several businesses in the strip mall through the walls.
The Wazwaz family has owned this shop for two years. Until last month, they had never had a break-in.