Gwent Police release CCTV of robber brandishing tool at shop worker before taking till

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Gwent Police has released CCTV showing the moment two people make off with a shop till after brandishing a tool at a staff member.

The force is appealing for witnesses following the robbery, which happened at a shop on Caerleon Road in Newport.

The incident is believed to have taken place at around 21:40 on Monday 9 December. The footage shows two people, with covered faces, entering the shop with a tool before one uses the tool to hit the front desk.

They then take the shop till and leave the area in a car, which police believe to have been a black Vauxhall Corsa

Officers are trying to identify the two people and are appealing for information from anyone who may recognise them.


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