Burglars tunnel into Portland CBD tea shop and steal equipment

Two men who were seen on surveillance cameras crawling into a Southeast Portland business through a drywall tunnel spent as long as 12 hours inside, eventually stealing valuable equipment and personal information.

Jesse Richardson, the co-owner of The Brother’s Apothecary, said the thieves broke into the local CBD tea shop on Sunday.

“This whole place was just completely destroyed,” Richardson told KOIN 6 News. “He basically walked up to our doors here, broke through the glass, crawled in through one of the holes, basically destroying our office and stole a bunch of computer equipment, studio equipment sound equipment and tunneled through the drywall into our neighbor’s unit as well and burglarized their unit, too.”