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Lake Country store employee robbed at gunpoint

Lake Country store employee robbed at gunpoint | iNFOnews.ca
Lake Country RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect following an armed robbery of a store Friday, Feb. 24, 2022. SUBMITTED/RCMP

Lake Country RCMP are on the lookout for a suspect following an armed robbery of a store yesterday evening.

According to a Lake Country RCMP media release, a masked man entered the business in the 9500-block of Main Street in Lake Country just before 11 p.m. yesterday, Feb. 24. RCMP do not identify the business.

He then threatened the store's staff with a firearm, before robbing the business of cash and merchandise. He then fled on foot.

Lake Country RCMP searched the area with the help of a police dog, but could not find the suspect.

"Lake Country RCMP is thankful the employees were not injured in this robbery," Kelowna RCMP Const. Michael Della-Paolera said in the release. "If anyone has any information about this incident or suspect, please call the Lake Country RCMP."

The suspect is described as a Caucasian man, wearing a tan Carhartt jacket and carrying a blue duffle bag.

Anyone who was in the area at the time and has dash camera footage is urged to call the Lake Country RCMP on 250-766-2288. Or remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or leave a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net.

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After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.

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