DAVIE, Fla. -- Police are searching for a group of smash-and-grab robbers who stole thousands of dollars worth of body armor, ammunition, police lights and gun scopes from a Davie police supply store Monday night.

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Ammo, Body Armor, Police Lights Stolen

A piece of plywood now covers the front door at the National Law Enforcement Distributors store along state Road 84 just west of University. Storeowner Jeff Dillard says it's not the first time the supply store has been hit. He says he's been robbed three times in the past six months.

"To have this much loss, so close to each other. It's pretty frustrating," Dillard said.

Just one month ago, Dillard said robbers made off with about $5,000 worth of merchandise. Monday night, he said they got away with about the same.

"They stole another level-three piece of body armor. And they stole a heavy-duty SWAT piece of body armor -- probably (worth) around $2,500, $2,800. They stole all of our blue lights," Dillard said.

The store is equipped with four surveillance cameras. In last month's robbery, cameras captured images of a gloved and masked person robbing the store, but Monday night, the cameras were not working.

"We don't know if they came in and cut it off or if we took a power surge. When we checked the video, it wasn't running," Dillard said.

Dillard said about the only positive in the robbery is the fact that no guns were stolen.