Knife-wielding robber takes cash in shop raid
A masked robber armed with a blade made off with cash during a terrifying afternoon raid.
Staff at Smethwick's Farmfoods store in Cape Hill were threatened with a knife during the armed robbery.
The culprit demanded cash from workers before punching a security driver who had walked into the store.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "Police are investigating after workers were threatened with a knife during a robbery at Farmfoods, Cape Hill, Smethwick, just after 3pm on Sunday.
"A masked man entered the store and demanded cash from staff, then punched a cash security driver who had entered the store.
"The robber made off with a quantity of cash."
Contact police with information via Live Chat at www.west-midlands.pnn.police.uk between 8am and midnight or call 101 quoting crime reference number 20SW/179202A/19.
