(Photo by OPP West Region Twitter)(Photo by OPP West Region Twitter)
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UPDATE: Two charged in armed robbery

Grey Bruce OPP have released the names of two people who were arrested after police responded to a report of an armed robbery in progress at a business on Highway 21 in Saugeen First Nation.

Officers arrived on scene about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 and took a suspect into custody. They had help from the West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), the OPP Canine Unit, and the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) to locate and arrest a second suspect.

As a result of the investigation, Grey Bruce OPP have charged 23-year-old Hassan Genbd from Kitchener with armed robbery and 19-year-old Lyjah Griffiths from Cambridge with armed robbery, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and more.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous online message at crimestop-gb.org where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

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