By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
IN JUST 40 minutes, staff at two different drive-thru bottle shops were held at gunpoint in two terrifying armed robberies.
On a weekend where crime was rampant, two drive-thru robberies targeted the Lynbrook Hotel and the Central Hotel in Beaconsfield.
The two male offenders were armed with what was described as a meat clever or tomahawk and a small black firearm when they entered the Lynbrook Hotel on the South Gippsland Highway at 6.20pm on Sunday 7 August.
The men drove through, got out of their old blue Honda Integra and threatened the attendant behind the counter with their weapons.
They fled the scene with cash, cigarette lighters and alcohol. Soon after, the duo drove to the Central Hotel in Beaconsfield in the same car.
Again both males got out of the car, and one male swung the tomahawk around before demanding cash and alcohol.
The duo managed to pull off both armed robberies without being caught by police, and are still on the run.
One offender is described as Caucasian with a tall, solid build and the other of darker skin with a tall slimmer build.
Police believe the Honda Integra used in the robberies was burnt out at 10pm the same night.
A car to that description was found burnt out at Kurll Park Reserve on Brundrett Drive in Narre Warren North.
CFA attended and extinguished the car fire.
Anyone with information on the offenders and their actions on Sunday evening is urged to call the Narre Warren police station on 9705 3111.
