The attacker terrorized the station employees with a gun and then took money, alcohol and other items. He hid the weapon behind a Christmas snowman in his hands. The 39-year-old suspected of this robbery has already been arrested.
A gas station at ul. was robbed. Andersa in Bielsko-Biała. The attack took place on the night from Thursday to Friday, just before midnight.
– We thought that such things only happen in movies – say the station's employees, quoted by bielsko.biala.pl. Local journalists determined that the attacker entered the station holding a Christmas snowman in his hand. Only after a while he pulled out an object resembling a gun.
Gas station robberySilesian police
The man took money, alcohol and other items. When he left, employees notified the police.
He will be charged with robbery
“Near the gas station, one of the patrols noticed a man whose description matched the perpetrator of the robbery. When he saw the police car, the man started to run away, but after several dozen meters he was stopped and overpowered. The policemen's suspicions were confirmed,” we read in a statement from the Silesian police.
The 39-year-old was arrestedSilesian police
A guide with a tracking dog found “a gun that closely resembles a real firearm”, which the perpetrator abandoned in the bushes near a gas station.
The 39-year-old was charged with robbery and faces up to 20 years in prison.
The man will be charged with the robberySilesian police
Main photo source: Silesian police