Local shop owners have been speaking out following a spate of robberies around North Belfast in recent weeks.
The most recent incidents - around the areas of the lower Antrim Road, Ligoneil, Oldpark and Cavehill - are unprecedented, with shop owners telling Belfast Live these incidents aren't common in this area.
On January 30 at around 8.20pm, a man entered the Spar on the Cavehill Road where he allegedly pointed a knife at a staff member's stomach during a robbery.