Police searching for suspects in west Olympia pot shop armed robbery Thursday evening

Olympia Police were dispatched around 8 p.m. Thursday to the Gypsy Greens marijuana dispensary on Division Street Northwest after receiving reports of an armed robbery.

Lt. Paul Lower said two male suspects entered the building with one of them brandishing a handgun. The suspects ordered employees to the floor and demanded cash and product before fleeing.

Lower said there were several witnesses outside the store at the time and a small crowd around the nearby Intercity Transit bus stop when the suspects left the scene. He said it’s possible one of the suspects got on a bus at the stop, but detectives have received no leads from bus drivers or the Intercity Transit office.

Anyone with information regarding this incident or the suspects is asked to call the police department’s non-emergency number at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published February 25, 2022 at 10:02 AM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription