Police are investigating the robbery of a video shop south of Wollongong.
About 9.45pm yesterday (Thursday 20 September 2012), a 22-year-old woman was working at the store on College Avenue, Shellharbour, when a man armed with a knife entered the shop.
The man threatened the woman and demanded she open the cash register. The woman complied and gave the man a small amount of cash before he ran from the scene. He was last seen running west on College Avenue.
No-one was injured in the incident. Police from Lake Illawarra LAC attended and established a crime scene.
The man has been described as Caucasian appearance, wearing a balaclava, a dark jumper, and light coloured tracksuit pants.