Second shop raid in Primrose area

Police are appealing for information after a shop worker was threatened in an early morning robbery at a Lancaster store - and think there may be a connection with a similar robbery in the same area last month.

Two white males, in their 20s – 30s and wearing scarves over their faces, entered the Londis shop in Eastham Street, Lancaster at around 7.00am on Sunday. They threatened the female worker with a knife and demanded cash and cigarettes.

The pair then made off with around £1,000 worth of tobacco products.

It's thought the men may have fled the scene in a white Rover, which had been stolen from an address in the Little Scotland area of the city. The car was later found abandoned in Dumbarton Road.

A similar knife-point robbery took place at the Premier shop in Dumbarton Road last month (see news story), and police have told virtual-lancaster they are open to the possibility that the two incidents are connected due to the similarity of the MO and the proximity of the two stores.

The Premier shop robbers, who made off with a quantity of cash, cigarettes and scratch cards, also disguised their faces and both were white. One was described as being 170cm (about 5' 7") tall, of slim build and wearing black clothing; the other was 183cm (about six foot) tall, of slim build and wearing black clothing, including a waterproof jacket with white piping down the sleeves. He was carrying a black holdall.
 
“This was a frightening incident for the lone female worker – fortunately she was not harmed," said DC Ciara Campbell, Lancaster CID of the latest robbery at Londis. "I would urge anyone who may have seen the pair, either before or after the incident, or anyone who may have seen a white Rover in the immediate area, to get in touch with us.”

• Contact police on 01524 63333

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