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Cobourg gas station robbed at gunpoint

Police in Cobourg are searching for two suspects after a gas station was robed at gunpoint Monday morning. Pete Fisher/Special to CHEX News

Cobourg police are seeking two suspects after a gas station was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning.

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Around 4:40 a.m., police were called to the Shell gas station on Division Street for reports that two men entered the store and demanded cash and cigarettes.

“Both suspects were armed with handguns,” stated Deputy Chief Paul VandeGraaf.

The suspects left with an unknown amount of cash and cigarettes and fled on foot eastbound on Densmore Road.

Cobourg Police and Northumberland OPP including its canine unit and Emergency Response Team cordoned off the scene and searched the surrounding area.

No one was injured in the incident.

Both suspects are described as 16 to 25 years old, standing around 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 and weighing 140 to 155 pounds. They were both wearing black face masks

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One was wearing, grey baggy sweat pants, black jacket, blue hoodie underneath and a black string style back pack

The other suspect was wearing black pants, black or dark grey jacket, grey hoodie underneath, black sunglasses and wearing what appears to be a blue cover over his mouth area.

Surveillance photo of one suspect. (Cobourg Police photo). Cobourg Police
Surveillance photo of one suspect. (Cobourg Police photo).
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