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3 Staffers Zip-Tied In Queens Dollar General Robbery

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Three employees were zip-tied Sunday morning in a robbery at a Dollar General store in College Point, Queens.

The incident happened at the Dollar General at 132-23 14th Rd., police told 1010 WINS.

Two suspects walked into the store with firearms, forced two employees into a restroom, and made the manager open the safe, police said. They took $1,000, and also took some scanners and a cellphone from an employee, police said.

The suspect also zip-tied all three employees, police said.

One suspect was wearing a black jacket and black sweatpants, while the other had a gray jacket and gray sweatpants, police said.

Police could not confirm that one of the victims knew the robbers.

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