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Robbers turn liquor store into curbside service for pals

Three pistol-packing crooks turned a Brooklyn liquor store into their a drive-up retail outlet — tying up the workers and then spending the next two hours calling friends and filling their curbside orders, cops said Tuesday.

“They were taking the liquor in cases out to the cars,” said Brownsville shop owner Geoffrey George.

“They were calling their friends on the phone. They were saying, ‘What you want? What you want?’ ” recalled George, who was duct-taped along with two of his workers during the outrageous midnight heist Jan. 20.

“There were three of them working inside and three outside. They would set up a set of boxes by the door, and then when a vehicle pulled up, they go out and put it in the car and then come back and set up the next order.”

The masked robbers swiped a total of 55 cases of Hennessy cognac, 10 cases of Patron tequila, 10 cases of Ciroc vodka and five cases of Baileys Irish Cream, law-enforcement sources said.

Video footage shows the robbers wielding silver handguns as they rifled through the pockets of George and the two workers before ordering them to lie on the floor and tying them up.

At one point, George said, he was able to look up at the surveillance monitor and saw a police cruiser passing by his Willmohr Liquor and Wine shop at 1162 Willmohr St.

“I saw on the video the police car pass during the robbery, but because the [window] shutter was down, they didn’t know,” he said of the cops.

Meanwhile, the thieves acted as if they were in no hurry as they carted off their booze bounty, he said.

“They didn’t seem scared they would get caught. They were sober, and they had no fear. They were relaxed,” George said.

“They took all the top-shelf inventory,” he noted, estimating that the robbers ultimately made off with nearly 100 cases of booze worth “between $45,000 and $50,000.”

When the robbers struck, the store was closed because George and the staffers were working on reinforcing the shelving.

“We had the doors open because we were sawing the wood outside,” the owner said. “Three guys came up, and one asked if we were still selling liquor. I told him, ‘No, we are fixing shelves, we are not open.’

“Then the two other guys came up and pulled out their guns.

“We didn’t say much, we just cooperated. It probably saved our lives.”

He said police are investigating whether the robbery was an inside job.

Cops said the thieves also made off with a $3,000 roll of Lotto tickets, $510 in cash and two cellphones worth $1,100.

George said he does not have insurance for the stolen liquor.