PSNI hunt off-licence robbers

Police in the North are tonight hunting armed attackers who tied up a woman during a robbery on an off-licence in Belfast.

The petrified worker was bound and left in a store room at the off-sales shop on Old Milltown Road this afternoon.

Two men – one brandishing a handgun – held the woman up at around 2.30pm before making off with cash and six black bin liners full of cigarettes.

One of the robbers was described as being in his late 30s to early 40s, unshaven and of chubby build.

He reportedly walked with a swagger and was wearing a cream coloured baseball cap, blue jeans and a cream coloured zipped jumper.

His accomplice was said to be around 45 years old, around 5ft 7in tall and was wearing a dark coloured baseball cap and blue jeans.

Detectives at Castlereagh have appealed for anyone with information about the robbery to get in contact with them.