WINNIPEG — Police are searching for suspects after two separate robberies Saturday night.
Officers were called to a gas station on Wardlaw Avenue near Donald Street around 6 p.m., after hearing reports of a robbery.
Police said a man tried to hide his face as he entered the store.
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He confronted one of the employees and demanded money before taking off.
He is 5’8” with a medium build, blond hair and blue eyes, police said.
Police were then called to a restaurant in the 1000 block of St. Mary’s Road for a robbery just before 10 p.m.
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An armed man confronted one of the employees and demanded cash, officers said.
The man is 20 to 26 years old with a heavy build, weighing 220 to 250 pounds.
No one was hurt in either incident.
Police ask anyone with information about either robbery to call them at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
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