Police are searching for two men who stole cash and tobacco from a corner shop in Tameside after threatening staff with a knife.
Officers were called to the One Stop on King Street, Dukinfield, just before 8pm last night, May 6 to reports of an armed robbery.
Two men, armed with a knife, allegedly entered the shop before threatening the two members of staff, demanding they handed over money and tobacco.
Once they'd taken "a quantity" of their spoils, they raced to a black BMW 1 series, heading towards Hyde.
Fortunately, neither of the employees were injured, but were left shaken by the robbers.
Detective Sergeant Christopher Dean of Tameside District CID said: "This was a shocking and brazen incident during daylight hours which has understandably left two innocent members of staff distraught.
"Luckily on this occasion nobody was injured, however the consequences could have been a lot worse.
"This was a cowardly attack on a shop on a main road and we know that there will have been many people passing around this time.
"We would ask that if you saw anything suspicious or have any Dash Cam footage that may have captured the offenders as they escaped, that you get in touch with us".
Both suspects are described as white men, around 5'10" tall.
One man was wearing black tracksuit bottoms, a black and grey coat, a dark coloured face mask, dark trainers, and red gloves.
The other was wearing black tracksuit bottoms, a grey and navy hooded top, a black face mask, black gloves, and was carrying a black drawstring bag.
No arrests have been made, but enquiries are ongoing.
Anyone with information about the robbery can call police on 0161 856 9262, quoting incident number 2621 of May 6, 2021.
Alternatively, the independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.
