Bernie’s Race Trac Gas has been robbed again.

At about 10:25 p.m. last Wednesday, an employee at the Hamilton Boulevard gas station contacted Whitehorse RCMP to report that a man had confronted the clerk with a weapon and fled with an unknown amount of cash.

The employee was not injured.

Police attended and, with the assistance of the Police Dog Services, recovered a small portion of the stolen cash.

Const. Michelle Faulkner said this morning roughly $700 was taken. The suspect has not been found.

Police are not revealing what type of weapon was used to avoid impeding the investigation, said Faulkner. But it was not a firearm.

The initial investigation involved the M Division Forensic Identification Unit.

Faulkner said the unit is able to gather evidence at the scene of a crime that can’t be transported back to the RCMP detachment – such as fingerprints on immovable objects like a door or countertop.

The male suspect is described to be in his early 20s, about 5’8 to 5’10 tall, with medium complexion and build. He was wearing jeans and a dark hoodie.

The gas station has been robbed several times over the years.

The last reported robbery was August 2014, when a man wearing a ski mask and brandishing a knife made off with cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets.

That case is unsolved, said Faulkner.

She said Bernie’s location – isolated, with easy access from the road – is likely the reason for its frequent victimization.

A man who answered the phone at the gas station this morning declined to comment on the incident.

A surveillance camera captured a shot of the suspect.

Anyone with information related to the robbery or his identity is asked to call RCMP at 667-5555.