Firearms burglar drilled hole into gun store to steal 50 weapons, say California police [Video]

LOS ANGELES — You’ve heard of drilling for oil and gas. But guns?

More than 50 firearms were stolen from a Placer County gun store after a thief bored a hole into an outside wall while the business was closed, authorities said.

According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, the thief began making a hole into the wall at Foothill Firearms in Newcastle at 1:20 a.m. on Monday. By 4 a.m. the thief had made their way inside the store, where they loaded a duffel bag with guns and then left in a car, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Police do not have a description of the thief or their vehicle, and the case is under investigation, according to authorities.

Store co-owner Jaimie Kuntz told the Sacramento Beethat the thief tried to cover their tracks by spray-painting a security camera inside the store, but the camera wasn’t working in the first place. There were other security cameras that captured the …