A recent wave of break-ins and robberies targeting marijuana stores across Michigan has prompted cannabis businesses to bolster their security.
Since Michigan legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, marijuana retailers have faced periodic spikes in break-ins, according to Michigan’s Capitol News Service.
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However, the roughly $3.2 billion state industry is suffering through a more recent “record number of break-ins all over,” Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley said.
Cannabis crime wave spurs security upgrades
Hinkley attributed the crimes to the lucrative resale of stolen cannabis products. His warning comes after a break-in wave across southeast Michigan documented last year.
According to an April 2025 report by the Detroit Metro Times, at least 75 break-ins were recorded in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties between
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