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Hotel employee taped to chair, robbed: Saskatoon police

Saskatoon police said they arrived at the hotel to find a visibly shaken staff member who was hiding in a locked room. File Photo / Global News

An employee at a Saskatoon hotel said he was taped to a chair and robbed by two masked and armed men.

Saskatoon police said they were called early in the morning on Nov. 27 to the hotel in the 1400-block of 22nd Street West for an unknown problem.

Officers said they arrived to find a visibly shaken staff member who was hiding in a locked room.

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Police were told by the employee when he entered a common room, he saw two men, one armed with a knife and the other with a BB gun.

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He said they ordered him to sit in a chair and then taped him to a chair.

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His wallet, car and work keys, glasses, and a computer were taken, he said, and then they left in his blue 2008 Nissan Altima.

Police said the employee was not physically harmed.

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The first suspect is roughly six feet tall and was wearing a beige or black jacket with fur on the hood.

The second suspect roughly five-foot seven and had on an oversized black jacket.

Both were wearing black balaclavas to cover their faces.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Saskatoon police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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