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Vancouver Island sex shop out $1,200 in merchandise after suspect steals 㽶Ƶֱcolossal㽶Ƶֱ product

Suspect smashed window of Nanaimo store, cutting himself in the process
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Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a suspect who smashed the window of an adult toy store and made off with more than $1,200 in merchandise. (File photo)

RCMP in Nanaimo are looking for a suspect who smashed his way into a sex shop and stole a product so big it㽶Ƶֱs nicknamed 㽶Ƶֱthe Colossus.㽶Ƶֱ

A suspect broke the front window of Whispers Adult Superstore on Bowen Road sometime overnight Feb. 21 and made off with more than $1,200 in merchandise. The break-in was captured by the store㽶Ƶֱs security camera.

Sara Shaw, an employee, discovered the store㽶Ƶֱs window smashed and items missing when she arrived at work the morning of Feb. 23.

㽶ƵֱI walked in and thought it㽶Ƶֱs awfully cold in here,㽶Ƶֱ Shaw said.

Then she noticed the store mascot on the floor and a hole in the front window made by a chunk of asphalt used to smash the glass.

㽶ƵֱThe glass didn㽶Ƶֱt smash all the way so he used the rock to push it all the way through and then he pulled out a bunch of the glass, but in the process he cut himself, so he bled all over,㽶Ƶֱ Shaw said.

A number of pairs of thigh-high stockings were taken, as well as several other products including a foot-tall fetish toy.

㽶ƵֱIt㽶Ƶֱs called the Colossus,㽶Ƶֱ Shaw said.

It was the second time in two months the store㽶Ƶֱs front window had been smashed in a break-in.

So far, the store has not been able to recover any of the missing items, but Shaw said she has been combing adult-oriented social media groups and online sales sites to see if any of the stock pops up.

㽶ƵֱThat㽶Ƶֱs not something you can find on the swap-and-shop㽶Ƶֱ㽶Ƶֱ she said. 㽶ƵֱI also belong to some of the fetish ones from Vancouver, just to see what㽶Ƶֱs going on because sometimes people sell things you wouldn㽶Ƶֱt expect them to sell on those pages, but nothing㽶Ƶֱs come up.㽶Ƶֱ

Anyone with information about the suspect㽶Ƶֱs identity or the whereabouts of the missing products is asked to call the RCMP detachment㽶Ƶֱs non-emergency line at 250-754-2345 and quote file No. 2021-6505.

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