Police are investigating the armed robbery of a bottle shop in Alderley this evening.

Around 6.20pm, a man entered the Samford Road shop and demanded money before threatening an employee with a weapon, believed to be a meat cleaver.

The employee handed over a sum of cash from the register, and the man left store on foot.

He was last seen heading in a westerly direction along Samford Road.

The man was wearing a blue hooded jumper, blue pants, and a white mask.

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