Staff at a convenience store were threatened by three men wearing masks and brandishing baseball bats, who demanded cash, before leaving with a haul of cigarettes.
Police were called to Tip Top Convenience Store on School Road in Warrington at around 10pm on Saturday, April 22, to reports of a robbery.
The men took a quantity of cigarettes before fleeing the scene. An investigation has now been launched and detectives are appealing to anyone with information to come forward, reports the Liverpool Echo.
