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'4 A.M. Bandits' Ransacking NYC For Cash, Smokes

Thieves Caught On Camera Holding Up Store Clerks; Thousands Of Dollars Stolen

NEW YORK (CBS) ― The NYPD is asking for the public's help Thursday morning in finding a pair of early morning bandits. Same time, same M.O., these '4 A.M. Bandits' have New York City store clerks on alert.

Security cameras have caught the pair over and over again: two men with guns robbing convenience stores of cash and cigarettes, scaring both customers and clerks. The latest strike occurred at a deli on 9th Avenue and 37th Street.

"I opened the register. He took all the money and told me to get on the floor," said Abdul Morlin.

In downtown Brooklyn, security photos captured the bandits in action, one of them pulling out two guns on the clerk to demand the cash and cigarettes, while the other suspect trains a gun on the customers. So far, police say, thousands of dollars have been taken in eight robberies in less than a month in New York City. The CVS on Kings Highway was hit in late April.

"I come all the time, usually late at night, and there is never much security around. It seems it would be easy to rob," said a Brooklyn resident.

Police are urging anyone with any information to call 1-800-577-TIPS.

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