Police are investigating following the armed robbery of a coffee shop in Margate this afternoon.

Around 1.15pm a man entered the shop on Victoria Avenue and produced a syringe to a female employee before making demands for cash.

The employee refused the demands but the man took a sum of cash from a transaction that was taking place with a customer.

The man then fled the store on foot.

No-one was physically injured during the incident.

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