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Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch:?
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Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of the Queen Street Pharmacy in Upper Hutt on Sunday 7 October.?
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A man entered the store’s Andrews Lane entrance at 7.10pm and confronted the two employees with a large knife.?
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The man threatened the employees and demanded prescription medications.?
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After receiving a quantity of drugs he ran from the shop, back out on to Andrews Lane. He was last seen heading towards King Street.?
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Fortunately nobody was injured in the robbery but the pharmacy employees were understandably very frightened and shaken by the incident.?
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The offender is described as having olive skin and was around 5’8 – 5’11. He was wearing a red jacket, dark pants, sneakers and black ski gloves.? He was also wearing a dark beanie, sunglasses and a white scarf across his face, and carrying a large kitchen-style knife with a blade approximately 25 cm long.?
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Police are extremely concerned about the behaviour of this offender and want to hear from anyone that can help us identify and locate him.?
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If you think you may have seen this man in the Upper Hutt area around the time of the robbery, or you saw anything suspicious in the Queen Street/King Street area, please call Lower Hutt Police on 04 560 2600 as soon as possible.
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Information can also be provided anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.?
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