Security footage of five masked men storming a Christchurch petrol station overnight has been released by police.
In the latest armed hold-up of a city service station – the third in just over a week – the five offenders burst in to a Caltex service station on Main North Rd in Redwood shortly after midnight.
Two of the men were armed – one with a crowbar, and one with a tomahawk.
![The robbery was a co-ordinated attack on the service station. Photo / via Police](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6RRVCHNDCP3PDLT3YU2PYLWRLM.jpg?auth=030d7d5172f3f0ac0026522452be289c29cfa4bc8547f8e2f723009186e39652&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
They demanded cash and cigarettes before fleeing in a car that was later found abandoned.