Two attendants at a Strathspey Gas Station were attacked and robbed of almost $1M on Wednesday afternoon by a man armed with a handgun.

Police in a press release yesterday said they are investigating the armed robbery which occurred at about 3.50 pm at the Chicoramas Service Station at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara.

Two female pump attendants, police reported, were attacked and robbed by a man armed with a handgun. The women were working at the fuel pump when they were confronted by the man who held them at gunpoint and took away a pouch reportedly containing $957,678.

As the robber made a run for it an alarm was raised and the owner of the gas station gave chase but was forced to retreat after a shot was discharged in his direction. The armed man then joined a waiting motor vehicle and escaped.