Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery at a pharmacy in Sandy Bay this morning, Tasmania Police say,
At 10am on Wednesday 19 October 2016 a man entered the ChemMart Pharmacy in Magnet Court, Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay armed with a knife and demanded drugs from the staff.
The man has then fled the pharmacy on foot.
No staff or customers were injured during the incident. The man escaped with a small amount of medication.
The man is described as being:
- About 170cm tall,
- Thin build with gaunt facial features
- Brown eyes, dark hair, dark brown to black coloured goatee with scruffy unshaven cheeks with a few days’ growth.
- Wearing a purple beanie, grey hoodie and dark jeans.
Anyone who observed a man fitting this description acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the ChemMart Pharmacy in Magnet Court is asked to phone Police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers.
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