Tauranga Police are currently investigating the aggravated robbery of the Mags and Lotto Dairy situated on Cameron Road, Tauranga, which occurred at about 9:47 am today.
A male with his face covered walked into the store and demanded cash at knife point and was last seen by the store staff running out the door towards Tauranga Hospital. The amount taken has yet to be established.
The robber is described as a male possibly Maori approximately 185 cm tall, solid build, wearing a dark hoodie with the hoodie pulled over his head, dark pants, black wollen gloves and dark shoes.
Police cordoned off the area in search of the offender. It was during that search that police encountered a stolen dark coloured Subaru Forrester vehicle on Koromiko St, Tauranga.
The stolen vehicle was pursued onto Waihi Rd where the Subaru crashed into a vehicle but continued up Waihi without stopping. The Subaru also hit another vehicle and parked car shortly afterwards which resulted in the pursuit being abandoned.