Police from Lake Illawarra Local Area Command are appealing for public assistance following an armed robbery at a chemist at Oak Flats.

Shortly before 9.30am today (Saturday 22 June 2013), a man entered the store on Central Avenue, armed with a knife.

He threatened a female customer with the knife and demanded prescription drugs from the female pharmacist.

The man took an amount of drugs from the store and fled the premises.

There were three customers and two employees inside the chemist at the time; however, no-one was injured.

The man has been described as having brown/grey coloured hair. He was wearing a beanie covering his face, chequered jacket, grey tracksuit pants and white joggers.