Two female staff members were threatened with a knife during a robbery in Co Down.

Detectives are investigating the armed robbery at the premises in Magheralin on Friday evening.

Police said that at around 5.40pm a man entered the store on New Forge Road.

He walked around, seeming to browse for a few minutes, before approaching the till area and brandishing a knife.

The suspect then demanded money from the two female staff members. He took cash from the till and made off from the shop in the direction of Dromore.

“Police responded to the area immediately however the robber was not located,” a PSNI spokesperson said.

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