Police are seeking the assistance of the public for information after a teenager held up a service station with a knife in the Central Hunter.
About 8.30pm, (Sunday 6 May, 2013), a young male entered a service station on New England Highway, South Maitland and approached the console operator. The teen produced a knife and demanded money.
No cash was handed over and the teen then demanded cigarettes.
The youth left and ran towards the rear of the service station.
As a result of the incident no one was injured.
The youth is described as being aged in his early teens, caucasian appearance with black curly hair. He was wearing dark pants, a white t-shirt with his face covered.