A man who evidently wanted to get drunk - or already was - drove his car into the front a liquor store in Houston , Texas , so he could steal booze . The suspect used his four-door car to smash through the front of the Louetta Discount Liquor store around 5am on Saturday . Officers from the Harris County Sheriff 's Office are on the lookout for the man . A man smashed his car into the front of Louetta Discount Liquor in Houston on Saturday around 5am . Police said the car the man was driving may have been stolen as is often the case in smash-and-grab burglaries . Louetta Discount Liquor said the man made off with about $ 600 worth of alcohol during the burglary . The car be seen smashing through the front of the store in a surveillance video . After he was in , the man got out and collected cases of booze to take to his car . He was unable to carry everything he collected and dropped a number of cases on the ground . The way he looked moving around in the store indicates he might have been intoxicated . Louetta Discount Liquor said the man made off with about $ 600 worth of alcohol , according to a police reported obtained by Daily Mail Online . The man got away with three cases , including boxes of Smirnoff and Jack Daniels . There were 68 smash and grabs in the first 11 months of 2014 , up from 44 in all of 2013 , according to reports . He also did about $ 4,000 worth of damage to the store 's glass front and damaged a case of New Amsterdam liquor . Smash-and-grab burglaries are somewhat common in the area . There were 68 smash and grabs in the first 11 months of 2014 , up from 44 in all of 2013 , according to the Houston Chronicle . Thieves have used vehicles to smash into three convenience stores and a jewelry store in the past two weeks . The battering ram thief did about $ 4,000 in damage to the store . He has not been identified at this time .
Man smashed his car into the front of Louetta Discount Liquor in Houston . The suspect was driving a four - wheel ##er when he drove into the store . Hit - and - seizure burglary occurred on Sunday morning around 5 am .