A rash of gas station robberies have been reported at various gas stations throughout Armenia from March 2 to 4. In all cases a whit colored "VAZ-2107" automobile has been reported as the vehicle used by the perpetrators. One of the brazen robberies took place at around 3:00 am on March 3 when three assailants robbed a gas station in the vicinity of the village of Haghtanak at gunpoint. The attackers pistol whipped the station employees and got away with 159,000 drams. Three 22 year-old men have been identified by the police as the robbers. During the last three months alone, seven gas stations have been attacked and robbed throughout the country.