Armed Robbery in Spanish Lookout

There was a brazen armed robbery in Spanish Lookout on Wednesday afternoon. Salesman Michael Escalante reported to police upon walking out of Farmers Trading Center in Spanish Lookout, he was accosted by two gunmen armed with shotguns. They demanded that he hand over the keys to his 2020 Wingle pickup truck valued at fifty thousand dollars. Fearing for his life, he complied and the gunmen sped off in the vehicle, which was later ditched by the robbers.  A search of the vehicle has since revealed that an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen along with an electronic device and a nine millimetre pistol with a magazine containing twelve rounds of ammunition of the same calibre.