Kelowna gas station robbed; employee threatened with knife

Kelowna RCMP are investigating after a gas station was robbed earlier this morning.

Police officers responded to the robbery at roughly 6:45 a.m. today, Feb. 3, at a gas station on Harvey Avenue.

A man entered the store and threatened an employee with a knife before stealing cigarettes and fleeing the scene, according to an RCMP press release.

Kelowna RCMP officers with assistance of a police dog searched the area but didn't find the man.

The suspect is described by police as a Caucasian male in his thirties with brown eyes. He was wearing a grey jacket, brown pants, green gloves and a green mask.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with any information on or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the Kelowna RCMP's Robbery Unit at 250-762-3300 or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by leaving a tip online here.

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