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 sa国际传媒渟everal bottles of wine.sa国际传媒�

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, 5sa国际传媒�8sa国际传媒� tall, with long brown hair, police say. She was wearing a beige trench coat with fur lining.

sa国际传媒淚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,sa国际传媒� Kumar said.

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

sa国际传媒淥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,sa国际传媒� 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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