Burglars broke into store after hours and swiped boxes of the trendy doll popularized by Rihanna and other celebs
The craze for a toothy, fluffy, mischievous monster doll and all its viral spin-offs is escalating into a potential crime wave.
A group of burglars has broken into a Los Angeles store, taking thousands of dollars worth of Labubu dolls, which have surged in popularity this year among both children and adults, including celebrity sightings.
“There was a lot taken, maybe like around $30,000 or more of inventory,” Joanna Avendano, co-owner of One Stop Sales, told ABC News Local 7 in California. “We worked so hard to get to this point, and for them to just come in and, like nothing, take it all away, it’s really bad.”
Avendano said the burglars bypassed other merchandise at the store, targeting the Labubus, and she alleged the break-in was planned.
