Logan detectives investigating the armed robbery of a Kingston bottle shop yesterday afternoon are appealing for the man to hand himself in as they believe he may be in need of medical assistance.

Tony Bristow, the detective senior sergeant in charge of Logan CIB said the man had apologised when he robbed the store telling the female attendant that he was ‘sick’.

“This man has committed an armed robbery which has obvious legal consequences but from the information we have received and the footage we have reviewed it appears that he may be ill and may be in need of medical assistance,” Detective Senior Sergeant Bristow said.

Around 5.45pm yesterday a man aged in his 40s and wearing a grey and red shirt, beanie and carrying a yellow backpack, entered the Juers Street business and threatened a female staff member with an object.

After obtaining cash the man ordered two staff members to the rear of the store before he ran off.

The two employees, 46-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, were not physically harmed.

The man is described as being Caucasian and of a heavy build.