Armed police in Napier are searching for a man suspected of using a handgun to rob the Price Cutter store in Maraenui.
Police have cordoned off areas around Maraenui, following an incident at a dairy on Longfellow Avenue.
![Police on Lister Crescent in Maraenui, Napier, after a store was robbed with a gun this morning. PHOTO / PAUL TAYLOR](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Y75S35ZO6T3D7XQGBGYO35DKCE.jpg?auth=1e35320c8a04f1a08951c48de6e4274b10cc0628d7fcffdf35e3e839fee2cdcb&width=16&height=8&quality=70&smart=true)
"Around 1pm, police were called to a shop on Longfellow Avenue, Maraenui," a police spokeswoman said.
"A man has allegedly presented a firearm and is believed to have taken cash and cigarettes before fleeing the scene.