At about 7.50 pm on Sunday, 30 September 2018 a man entered the Highlands Dairy on Coronation Avenue armed with a knife and obtained cigarettes and tobacco. The man is believed to have left in a vehicle.
One of the shopkeepers received a minor injury during the robbery.
Police are also asking for assistance in relation to a suspicious man seen outside the Barriball Street Dairy on Barriball Street in Fitzroy at about 7.30 pm on Sunday.
Police are seeking any sightings of that man and a vehicle seen leaving the area at speed at about that time.
Information can be provided to New Plymouth police on 06 759 5500 or to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by Police Media Centre