Police from Bankstown Local Area Command are investigating the circumstances surrounding the robbery of a massage centre in Bankstown yesterday.

Shortly after 4pm (Monday 16 March 2015), a man armed with a handgun entered a massage centre on Restwell Street where 51-year-old woman was working with another 42-year-old female employee.

The man threatened the older woman with the pistol and demanded cash.

The woman handed the man a sum of cash and he ran from the area.

Police were called and a crime scene was established while detectives commenced a full investigation.

The man has been described to police as being of Asian appearance, aged between 30-35 with a slim build and short black hair. He was wearing a dark blue short-sleeve polo shirt, blue denim jeans with black shoes with white soles and carrying a black/brown coloured bag or satchel over his shoulder.