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NE WEST VENCOUVE

THE YEAR may be only nine days old, but those
who make their living through robbery are off to

a quick start.

Police have so far re-
corded a pair of robberies —
one involving a weapon and
the other threats o1 violence
-— as robbers have picked up
where they left of fin 1984,

In one instance, police
have arrested two 16-year-
old North Vancouver youths

| By MARK HAMILTO

on charges of robbery, In
the second, police are still
seeking a suspect.

The arrest of the two
teenagers came after a
Yellow Cab driver was

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threatened and robbed of a
small amount of cash in the
1900 block of Rufus Drive
early Saturday morning.

As the result of investiga-
tion of the robbery, the two
youths were apprehended in
that area. No weapon wus
involved in the robbery.

A weapon wis produced
in the second incident when
a lone male used @ handgun
during the robbery of a

Dollarton Highway gas sta-
tion. The single male, his
features covered with a erey
scarf, fled on foot after ob-
taining the day's receipts.
That robbery took place
just before 6 p.m. Sunday.
As well as the grey searf, the

man was wearing a green
toque and grey bomber
jacket and slacks. Police

have not arrested a suspect
in thar case and investigation

is continuing.

The ovo incidents might
seem to indicate that a trend
toward more robberies is
continuing,

While year-end statistics
for 1984 are not yet
available, police say they
expect those figures will
suow that there has been an
increase in the number of
robberies involving weapons
or actual or threatened vio-

lence.

During 1984 police were
successful in solving several
major robberies, including a
late December bank robbery

where an unidentified resi-
dent of the North Shore
nabbed one suspect and

helped in the capture of his
partner. A number of
smaller robberies, many of
those involving gus stations,
went unsolved, however,