Police are investigating an aggravated robbery which occurred at a pharmacy this morning at Evandale.

At about 9.15am a man entered the Evandale Community Pharmacy on the corner of Portrush Road and Bakewell Road and threatened a staff member and demanded money.

The suspect was believed to be armed with a black semi-automatic pistol concealed in an open bag.

The suspect fled with an amount of money and was seen getting into the passenger side of a white sedan parked on Bakewell Street.

The suspect is described as a man of Caucasian appearance with tanned skin, with an average height and build.

He was wearing bright orange wet whether pants which had two silver reflective stripes below each knee, a thick black zip up jacket with a hood, dark glasses and black runners with black soles and a white stripe around the soles.

The firearm was not fully exposed.

The car the suspect fled in is described as a white late 1990’s- early 2000’s model Toyota Camry sedan.