On the 21 July 2014 at around 9.50 am a male entered a milk bar on Hampshire Road in Sunshine and demanded cash from the milk bar owner. Initially the owner refused and then the offender produced a large carving knife at which time the victim opened the till and the offender grabbed a quantity of cash before running from the shop along Benjamin Street. The offender was described as being Caucasian, aged between twenty-five and thirty-five years, approximately 183 cm tall and sporting a reddish coloured beard. Police are appealing for witnesses.

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