Montreal Restaurants Targeted in Bizarre Break-ins

0:00It's April 4th. Welcome to Canada News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Montreal restaurant owners are dealing with a rash of break-ins that's hitting them hard in the wallet. Over the past few weeks, spots like Las Pada, Bocadillo Bistro, and Restaurant Bosa got targeted, with these smashing locks stealing safes and cash registers, and leaving behind damages around $3,000 to $4,000 each time. These hits happen late March into early spring, and even places with working alarms and locked doors weren't safe. These pulled off quit jobs, sometimes and under a minute, focusing on front doors and registers before bouncing. Owners are feeling violated and stressed, saying everything got touched and moved around. In this low margin game where most folks pay by card, there's rarely cash lying around, so the break-ins make zero sense, but still force big repair. Bills for locks, keys, doors, and alarms. Police with the SPBM say there's no spike in reports from those areas, and can't talk details on open cases.

1:04Still, they're pushing tips like double checking locks, testing alarms and cameras, keeping lights bright, and calling in anything shady right away. With marches this tight, these owners are calling for neighborhood watches during peak hours to watch each other's backs and keep the crooks guessing.