Masked men hold up Kamloops gas station

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are searching for two suspects after a Sahali gas station was robbed early yesterday morning.

Police say two men entered the Esso Gas Station on Columbia Street West yesterday, March 18 at 5:30 a.m.

Officers say the suspects demanded money from the cash register. One man was carrying what appeared to be a handgun and the other suspect was holding a can of pepper spray.

"The suspects left the gas station with cash from the register and headed northbound on foot," Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in a media release. "The clerk was not injured."

The first suspect was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and a white bandana covering his face.

The second suspect was wearing a black and tan jacket, black pants and a black bandana covering his face.

"At this time there is no evidence linking this robbery to any of the other robberies that have occurred over the past month," Shelkie says.

Anyone with information about this robbery or the previous robberies are asked to call the police at 250-828-3000.

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