8 arrested in connection to Oakland tobacco robberies

Hamza Fahmy
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(KRON) — On Wednesday, the Oakland Police Department arrested eight suspects for a series of tobacco-related robberies.

Police said the robbery happened around 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday in the 7900 block of Mountain Boulevard in Oakland.

As a delivery truck driver was dropping off tobacco products, two cars with multiple armed individuals arrived and stole the products before leaving the area, police said.

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During the course of the investigation, police said officers in the Ceasefire Division connected the armed robbery to a series of tobacco-related robberies that previously occurred throughout the Bay Area.

Investigators working in collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force arrested eight suspects in a residence in Oakland on Wednesday.

Officers recovered the stolen tobacco products along with two firearms (pictured below).

OPD is actively investigating each of these robberies. If you are a victim or have information
regarding any of these incidents, please call OPD’s Robbery Unit at 510-238-3326.

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