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It was 5:45 when the Tromsø police were informed that a white Volkswagen Transporter had been stolen from an address in Tromsøya. In the car was a hunting rifle in a green holster and ammunition.
It is this weapon that was missing from the stolen car. The weapon is of the Tikka T3 Compact Rifle .308 type.
The police launched a big operation. They armed themselves and stood in various places in the city to control traffic.
At 06:21, the police received a new message. A dark-clad person, approximately 180 centimeters tall, had stormed the Shell station in Tromsdalen.
The loot was minimal, but the assailant had left the scene in a white Transporter. The same car that was stolen that same day.
– When such robberies occur, we use all available resources, says the head of the police station Anita Hermandsen.
The car found
At 09.17, the stolen car was found in the Hungeren district of Tromsdalen. The hunting rifle that was in the car was missing.
Police launched a search of the area with dogs and drones.
– At the same time, we conducted witness interviews, obtained surveillance footage, and conducted forensic investigations, Hermandsen says.
They sent photographs of the perpetrator to the press and searched for him in various places in the city. Unlucky.
Here’s a surveillance video showing the Shell robbery in Tromsdalen.
Agitated press conference
On Friday afternoon, the police invited a press conference at the Tromsø police station. When the press arrived at the police station shortly before 3:00 p.m., they stopped and waited.
In fact, the police had received a new lead in the case.
Some employees of the Reinen school in Tromsdalen had seen a person heading into the woods on top of the school shortly after 2 p.m. Near where the stolen car was found earlier that day.
The person brought with them a green gun case.
At 2:58 p.m., while the press awaited the latest news from Anita Hermandsen, her colleagues performed in the woods behind the Reinen school.
Here, the police operate in Tromsdalen.
Photo: NRK
Using various patrols, a dog patrol, and a drone, they attempted to position themselves around the area where they thought the person was.
– Then he walked to school without a holster or weapons. And then he showed us where he was, says on-site operations manager Morten Renland.
At 3:43 p.m., the police sent a press release. The person arrested behind Reinen’s school is the alleged perpetrator of the robbery.
According to police lawyer Gøril Lund, the man is an acquaintance of the police.
Take care of the employee
No one was injured in the robbery or during the arrest.
Marketing and operations manager Erlend Føleide at St1 tells NRK that a professional apparatus has been deployed to take care of the employee who was at work when the theft occurred.
Also, Føleide says that all of its stations are burglar-proof. He doesn’t want to delve into what’s in it, but he says that the safety of his employees at work has his entire focus.
– We do everything possible to ensure that they are not exposed to these types of incidents.
– Considering that Shell stations in Troms have been exposed to theft before, do you think employees feel unsafe at work?
– I don’t have the impression of that. We constantly focus on this and take concrete initiatives. We recently held an HSE week where the theme was “Safe at Work.” Among other things, employees received training in conflict management.
The Shell station is closed for the moment. Føleide says they hope the station can reopen in the morning.
