Police have released a CCTV image in connection with a robbery involving a hammer.
Officers were called to the Co-op store in Ham Road, Shoreham, where a man was reported to have threatened staff with a hammer and stole money yesterday, May 10, at around 7am.
Sussex Police has linked this robbery to an incident at Shoreham News in Buckingham Road moments earlier, where a man is reported to have threatened staff and tried to steal cigarettes.
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He is described as white, approximately 5ft 11in and of large, stocky build with copper-coloured hair.
He was wearing a black hoodie, black tracksuit bottoms and black trainers.
Police are now looking to identify the man pictured on CCTV footage.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police on 999 quoting serial 270 of 10/5."
