New Brunswick RCMP looking for suspect who allegedly robbed store with a knife
Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the business on Tribe Road at 6:05 a.m. on May 27, said a news release.
A person wearing a face mask allegedly entered the store and demanded the cash box from a cashier while threatening them with a knife. The suspect jumped over the counter, took the box and fled on foot, said the release.
Police said the suspect was last seen running towards Highway 2, where he got into the passenger side of a silver SUV parked in the eastbound lane. They said the vehicle was last spotted travelling east toward Woodstock.
RCMP are asking anyone who has information to come forward.
The investigation is ongoing.
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