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Nanaimo pawn store robbed at gunpoint

NANAIMO – Police still looking for suspects in the armed robbery on Bowen Road.
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Police swarmed West-hill Centre on Bowen Road Friday when two men entered Stock Exchangers pawn store with a pump action shotgun

Nanaimo police are searching for the suspects behind an armed robbery at the Stock Exchangers pawn store in Nanaimo.

The robbery happened shortly before 2 p.m. Friday when two men, one armed with a pump-action shotgun, entered the store, located in Westhill Centre at 1808 Bowen Rd., robbed it of an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a turquoise blue Honda Civic hatchback.

The suspects are in their teens or early 20s. One was wearing a black Fox hoodie and the other suspect was wearing a blue dress shirt.

Anyone with information on this robbery, please call the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com.



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