1/4 The gas station in Heesch that was robbed (photo: Gabor Heeres/SQ Vision).
A gas station on the Nistelrodeseweg in Heesch was robbed on Tuesday evening. A big alarm was immediately raised and the police came to the gas station with various cars. An area around the gas station has been closed. The police are looking for two suspects and have set a helicopter, among other things.
According to a police spokesperson, two darkly dressed suspects with a motor helmet. One of them had a firearm with him, or something that looked like that. He has threatened an employee with the thing.
One perpetrator is about 2 meters long, the other smaller, the police say. The longest perpetrator was dressed black with a dark helmet, the other wore light pants, a dark jacket and a light helmet.
The robbers ran away with a large batch of cigarettes. The two reason on a scooter with a large, full, blue garbage bag into the Hoogstraat.