Shop staff were left badly shaken after two armed robberies on the same street in Preston on Sunday (October 22).
Lancashire Police said a manhunt is under way for the suspect who robbed the Co-op and Bargain Booze stores in Plungington yesterday. The Co-op store, at the corner of Plungington Road and Ripon Street, was targeted first in an armed robbery shortly after 8am. Shop staff were threatened with a weapon while the tills were prised open and a quantity of cash was stolen from the register. The man got away and police were called to the scene.
According to staff, the offender fitted a similar description to the suspect in the robbery at Co-op earlier that day. Lancashire Police have not arrested anyone at this stage but said enquiries are under way. Both shops reopened later in the evening. A police spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.09am yesterday to the Co-Op store, Plungington, Preston, to a report of a robbery. A quantity of cash was taken. 'We were then called at 4.
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