By Duane Grandbois

Armed Robbery Kamloops

Dec 23, 2017 | 9:43 AM

Kamloops RCMP are looking for a man who robbed a gas station in the Dallas subdivision area of Kamloops last night.

Sergeant Denis Duford says the incident happened at the Petro Canada on Kokanee Way just before midnight.

A man armed with a knife demanded money from the cashier.

He stole an undisclosed amount of money and fled in an older Ford Pickup truck driven by an accomplice.

The vehicle is described as a mid 90s white pickup that has damage to the body with rusted fender wells.

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The man is described as white, 5″7, blue eyes, dirty blond hair with a beard.

He was wearing a dark hoody with a large Blue Jays logo on the front.

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