Northland District Headquarters
88 Cameron Street, Whangärei
Wednesday October 9, 2013

Whangärei Police are seeking help in identifying a man who robbed a service station in the city.

About 9pm on Thursday September 26, the man entered the Mobil Service Station on Walton Street, confronted the attendant and demanded cash.

The offender did not present any weapon and or threaten the attendant, but when he demanded cash he put his hand in his pocket intimating that he had some form of weapon.

The attendant handed over some cash and the man left the service station.
He is described as Maori, about 1.75m tall. He was wearing a denim jacket with light grey sweatshirt sleeves and a hood, light blue chino style track pants with a white draw cord, grey socks and had a white cloth handkerchief over his face.

Anyone with information in relation to the robbery can contact Detective Constable Marion Evans on 021 191 5922 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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