A worker who was stabbed during a pot shop robbery on Friday is expected to recover, according to police.

Toronto Police reported three masked bandits walked into Evergreen Medicinals at 2078 Dundas St. W., near Roncesvales Ave., around 4 p.m.

During the heist, a man working in the store was stabbed, said Staff-Insp. Mike Earl, who added the victim was treated at hospital.

Dispensaries have popped up across the city in recent years. They have increasingly become the target of robberies.

Last year, police investigated eight pot shop holdups, but Earl said such heists are not always reported.

Police began cracking down on dispensaries last spring with Project Claudia, an investigation that saw 43 shops raided and 90 people arrested.

Large amounts of pot and cash were seized from the unregulated and illegal businesses.

Since then, police have raided dozens of other shops, including Evergreen. Some have been shut down more than once.

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