Police are appealing for information following two knifepoint robberies at a post office in Peterborough.
At about 7.15am on Tuesday, March 26, a man entered the branch in Exeter Road before threatening staff with a knife and demanding money from the till. He stole £150 in cash and multiple packs of tobacco before leaving the area.
Then on Saturday (March 30) the same man returned to the post office at 8.15am brandishing a knife and stole £70 after threatening staff.
On both occasions the man was wearing a black puffer jacket, jogging bottoms, a Covid mask and blue latex gloves. He left the area running along Exeter Road towards Vere Road. In the first incident he was carrying a Tesco carrier bag.
Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the robberies.
PC Megan Simms said: “These were terrifying experiences for the people working in the post office and we’d urge anyone with information to contact us.”
Anyone with information is urged to contact police via Cambridgeshire Constabulary's website using reference 35/21148/24. Anyone without internet access should call 101.
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