Metro Belmore targeted twice in one week

Metro Belmore targeted twice in one week

4 years ago
Police are beefing up patrols in the city’s south-west after a petrol station was stormed by an armed robber for the second time in a few days. Police have returned to the Metro petrol station on Punchbowl Road after it was robbed a second time within a week. During last night’s armed robbery, approximately $1,500 in cash and some cigarettes were stolen. “It may be the same offender. It may be a copycat” – NSW […]
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Armed robbery at a Woolgoolga service station

4 years ago
POLICE are investigating following an armed robbery at a Woolgoolga service station at the weekend. About 4pm on Saturday 13 March 2021, a man, armed with a firearm, entered a service station on Solitary Islands Way at Woolgoolga. The man allegedly threatened a female employee before stealing cash and leaving the area on foot. He was last seen heading south along Solitary Islands Way. The employee was not physically injured during the incident. Officers from […]
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Police hunt man who set fire to petrol pump in Croydon North

4 years ago
A man who allegedly set fire to a petrol pump in Melbourne’s outer east is on the run in an incident that police say could have cause “catastrophic injuries” to witnesses. Police said a man attended a service station on Maroondah Highway in Croydon North just after 4am on February 7 this year. They said the man then removed a fuel pump from a bowser and ignited the pump handle with a cigarette lighter, which […]
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Police investigate armed robbery at Bundall service station

4 years ago
Police have charged two 18-year-old women following an alleged armed robbery at a service station in Bundall last night. Around 8.35pm the pair entered the Ashmore Road store and attempted to buy a number of items. They left the store before one returned a short time later while the other woman waited outside. It will be alleged the woman approached the counter and produced a knife before stealing a small quantity of goods and leaving. […]
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Skipton service station targeted by thieves in ram raid

5 years ago
Warrnambool police detectives have just arrived at Skipton after a ram raid netted thieves cigarettes valued at $25,000. Warrnambool police Sergeant James van Engelen said the raid happened at 4.25am Thursday at the BP roadhouse on the Glenelg Highway. “A Holden ute was used to ram glass doors at the BP roadhouse and there was a second dark Commodore sedan at the roadhouse at the same time,” he said. “Three men wearing face coverings and […]
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