NSW servo robberies believed linked

Robberies at two service stations in the NSW Hunter region are believed to be linked, after the attendants were threatened by men carrying syringes.

In the first incident on Tuesday night, police say two men demanded cash from an attendant at a service station in Heatherbrae, near Raymond Terrace.

A short time later two men stole cash and cigarettes from another service station at Maitland after also threatening the attendant with a syringe.

Both men are believed to be aged between 16 and 22 and Caucasian.