Armed robbers seize cash in Tonga gas station raids [1]
Wednesday, June 2, 2004 - 14:56. Updated on Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 19:55.
Masked men armed with rifles seized over $3,000 pa'anga last night in two armed hold-ups of gas stations on Tongatapu.
The men travelling in a car with tinted windows car robbed the Poutaha British Petroleum station seizing more than $3000 pa...anga. It is believe the same gang held up the Tukuafu British Petroleum station at Malapo.
An employee at the Poutaha gas station said that the hold-up occurred at around 11.30 pm-12 midnight. Two people carrying rifles demanded the cash, while two others waited in the car.
The Tukuafu gas station employees said that at around 11.30, two masked men armed with rifles, travelling in a car with black tinted windows, held up the station and took all the money in the cash machine.
Tonga's Deputy Police Commander said today that they would not release any information regarding the matter but they were still conducting investigations.