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Convenience Store Robbed At Gunpoint

Police are looking for a suspect after a Thamesford convenience store was robbed by a man armed with a handgun.

The Ontario Provincial Police says on Sunday around 5:45am, the man entered a Mac’s Milk located on Road 68 near Stanley St., threatened the store employee with a gun, and demanded cash.

The man left the store with an unknown amount of money and fled in an vehicle in an unknown direction.

The employee was not hurt during the robbery.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oxford County Crime Unit at 519-485-6554 or the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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