Man sought after armed robbery sees £3k cash stolen from Spar store

Were you in the area that morning? Do you recognise this man?

Police have released an image of a man officers want to speak to after an armed robbery in neighbouring Droylsden on Friday (October 28).

At around 10.15am on Friday, officers were called to a report of a man with a weapon causing a disturbance in a Spar store on Sunnyside Road in the Droylsden area.

Armed officers attended, but no suspect was traced.

Thankfully, the quick-thinking actions of store workers meant that no staff or customers were injured during the incident.

Enquiries have since established that the man wearing a balaclava was holding what is believed to be a knife before making threats and taking around £3,000 in cash.

Investigators at Ashton CID are now investigating and have released an image of a man they are making efforts to identify as they think he holds important information about this robbery.

Detective Sergeant Pete Goddard, of Ashton-under-Lyne CID, said: “One can only try and begin to imagine the shock and fear that those inside the shop will have felt when the offender cowardly came in with his face covered and made threats while wielding what we think was a knife.

“I know the image we have at this stage isn’t ideal, but we’re working with all available leads we can find and should a more distinctive image become available then we’ll come back to ask for further information if we’re still unable to identify the man in the CCTV image that we’ve released today."

If you have any indication as to who this person may be, call police on 0161 856 9262 quoting incident 975 of 28/10/2022, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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