The incident occurred on Wednesday 3^rd December at commercial premises at Agincourt Avenue at approximately 9.40pm.

A man entered the shop armed with a knife and demanded a staff member to open the till. He subsequently made off with a quantity of cash and was later located and arrested on suspicion of robbery, possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of a controlled class C drug.

The 43-year-old man has since been charged to appear at court, charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offence.

He is due to appear in Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Friday 5^th December. As is normal procedure all charges are reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.

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The incident occurred at the premises on Agincourt Avenue on Saturday 1^st March.

At around 4.25pm, police received a report that a man had entered an off licence in the area, where he threatened two male staff members with a knife.

Thankfully there were no injuries, however police described this as an “undoubtedly traumatic incident” for staff on a busy Saturday afternoon.

“It was reported the offender made off on foot with a sum of money and a quantity of tobacco, towards the Botanic Avenue area following the incident,” said Detective Sergeant Faulkner.

“The man is described as 5ft 10 in height, wearing a black-coloured jacket with a grey hood, black bottoms and light-coloured trainers. He is believed to have been wearing a blue-coloured surgical mask and a red glove.”

Anyone with any information about this incident, or who captured any dash-cam footage or CCTV footage in the area that may be able to help with the investigation, is asked to call detectives in Musgrave on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1079 01/03/25.

A report can be submitted online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or you can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/

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