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Masked man armed with knife robs Lichfield travel agents

A masked man robbed a travel agents in Lichfield armed with a knife.

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CCTV images of a man police are searching for

A black male, described as tall, skinny, wearing a mask and gloves and carrying a grey Prada bag and a kitchen knife entered the TUI Travel Agents on Bore Street at about 4pm yesterday.

Staff were made to open the safe inside the store.

The male escaped on foot by running up Tamworth Street and onto Lombard Street in the direction of Stowe Street at about 4.15pm.

CCTV images of a man police are searching for

No staff were harmed.

Anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious, saw the fleeing suspect or who has CCTV footage that may have captured anything should message Staffordshire Police on Facebook or Twitter quoting incident number 441 of 15 December, call 101 or alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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