Police hunt man who held up shops at knifepoint
09/04/2006 - 13:35:45Police in the North are looking for a man who robbed a butchers and a pharmacy at knifepoint in west Belfast.
The suspect escaped with cash following the raids, which took place within just 15 minutes of each other.
Police said a butcher shop on the Springfield Road in the city was targeted by a man wielding a large knife late yesterday afternoon.
The man is believed to have threatened staff and demanded money before he escaped in a blue estate car.
Shortly afterwards there was a similar armed heist at a chemist on the Whiterock Road.
The culprit escaped on foot in the direction of the Falls Road. He is described as wearing a waist-length dark coat with the collar turned up and a black beanie hat.
No one was injured during the incidents.
