A ROBBER threatened staff in a convenience store with a weapon and made off with more than £1,000.
Police said the thief entered Libb, on Main Road, in Ayr, at 8.30pm on Friday night and threatened staff with a weapon, said not to be a firearm.
Two female members of staff, aged 17 and 26, were left badly shaken but unhurt.
Police are carrying out house to house inquiries and gathering CCTV footage.
The man was said to be white, in his early 20s, with a slim build and short dark hair. He was wearing a black hooded jacket, dark coloured trousers and a black scarf. He was also wearing a medical ‘moonboot’.
Detective Inspector Stephen McCulloch said: “This is a very busy area with a local chip shop nearby, I’m sure there will have been people out and about and would have noticed the man. I am appealing to local people to think back and consider if they saw this man, did you see him enter the store, did you see him leave?"
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