Police are searching for a man who used a knife to rob a chemist at Loganlea earlier today.

Around 11.10am police were called after a man armed with a hunting style knife entered the Haig Street business and approached a female employee making demands for money.

The employee handed over to the man an undisclosed amount of money from the till.

The man was aged between 20 to 25 years, Caucasian with a proportionate build and was wearing a grey hoodie, dark blue pants with a white strip on leg at the time of the robbery.

He was last seen running up Haig Street towards Webb Street.

No one was injured during the incident.

Police investigations are ongoing.