A man demanding synthetic cannabis, cigarettes and cash has held a screwdriver to the throat of a female shop assistant in a robbery of a Christchurch dairy.
The man, who had a "young-sounding voice'', held up the Edgeware Dairy on Colombo St about 5.30pm on Friday.
He approached the female shop assistant, who was alone in the store, and held "a screwdriver or similar object'' close to her throat, Detective Constable James Moyle said.
"The woman handed over a number of items but was then able to escape to the staff area in the rear of the store,'' Mr Moyle said.
"She was not injured.''
