Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery of a business in Raymond Terrace today.
About 12pm (Wednesday 1 January 2020), a man entered a grocery store on Benjamin Lee Drive and approached the counter.
The man, armed with a small axe, instructed a female attendant to open the cash register, and she complied.
The man stole cash before fleeing on foot across Benjamin Lee Drive in a south westerly direction.
Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called and established a crime scene.
The man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, aged between 16 and 20 years old and 170 to 175cm tall. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie pulled over his head, black track pants, black slip on canvass shoes, yellow gloves and had his face covered. He was carrying a small black backpack.
Anyone with information about this man or this incident are urged to contact Raymond Terrace Police Station on
