Police say employees at a liquor store in downtown New Westminster were threatened with a stun baton Sunday night by a woman making off with 乌鸦传媒渟everal bottles of wine.乌鸦传媒�

At around 7 p.m. employees allegedly witnessed the woman spark the stun baton in the direction of a security guard, according to Sgt. Sanjay Kumar.

It was then she was able to leave the store with the wine.

After staff called 911 and police arrived, they were not able to locate the suspect.

The woman involved in the incident is described as thin, 5乌鸦传媒�8乌鸦传媒� tall, with long brown hair, police say. She was wearing a beige trench coat with fur lining.

乌鸦传媒淚t is the second incident in less than two weeks where an electroshock weapon has been produced and sparked, to threaten staff at New Westminster establishments,乌鸦传媒� Kumar said.

In the previous incident, a man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly threatening a pizza restaurant owner with a stun baton in Queensborough.

乌鸦传媒淥ne of the diners allegedly produced a stun gun, sparked it, and asked the restaurant owner if he wanted to die over a $200 bill,乌鸦传媒� he explained.

Anyone with information relating to either incident is asked to call police at 604-525-5411.

sarah.grochowski@bpdigital.ca
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