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By James Peters

Robbery

Sahali liquor store robbed, employees doused with bear spray

Apr 8, 2021 | 11:45 AM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are on the lookout for three suspects after a Sahali liquor store was robbed Wednesday night (Apr. 7).

In a news release, spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says the incident happened at about 11:00 p.m. at a store in the 900-block of Columbia Street West.

Witnesses said two men and a woman walked into the store, grabbed 15-to-20 bottles of hard liquor and a box of alcoholic iced tea, sprayed tellers at the register with bear spray and fled.

Mounties and a police dog attended and found evidence at the scene but could not track the suspects down.

Suspect #1 Description:

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• White man
• Tall, lanky build
• Wearing darker clothes and a red and white or white bandana as a mask

Suspect #2 Description:

• Man, possibly Indigenous
• Shorter than Suspect #1
• Wearing darker clothing

Suspect #3 Description:

• Woman, possibly Indigenous
• Mid 30s
• Heavy set
• About 5’3″
• Long, black hair, unkempt
• Very dirty hands
• ‘Canadian’ accent, gruff voice
• Wearing a mask, large baggy black hoodie, baggy black pants

Security camera images below, offer some clues to the identities of the suspects.

Any witness who may have seen people leaving the area with an inordinate number of liquor bottles is asked to contact Kamloops RCMP at (250) 828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.