Melbourne Embona detectives are investigating after a man sporting a shoulder-length blonde wig robbed a liquor store at gunpoint in Richmond last night.
The thief entered the Swan St shop armed with a firearm and demanded cash from the lone male attendant at 7.19pm.
The 23-year-old Brunswick victim has opened the cash register and handed over an amount of cash.
The offender has then fled the store and was last seen walking west along Swan Street.
He is described as Caucasian, aged in his late 30s, about 183cm tall, with a slim build, an unshaven face and spoke with an Australian accent.
He was last seen wearing an all black outfit comprising of a three-quarter length coat, jeans, shoes and gloves. He was also wearing a blonde ‘bob-cut’, shoulder length wig.