Cops: $150K in designer merchandise taken in smash-and-grab

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say suspects in a rental truck drove through the front entrance of a Louis Vuitton (lew-EE’ vit-AHN’) store in Columbus and carried off about $150,000 worth of designer merchandise.

The Columbus Dispatch reports the smash-and-grab occurred just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday at a shopping complex called Easton Town Center.

Police say between eight and 10 people went inside the store to ransack it.

No arrests have been made. The theft is under investigation.

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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com