Police are on the hunt for two people involved in separate dairy robberies in Canterbury tonight - one of which involved an armed stand-up using a pistol.
Police were alerted to an attempted robbery at the Little Street Dairy on Hoon Hay Rd in Christchurch at 6pm, after two offenders entered the store and demanded cash and cigarettes.
One of the offenders was brandishing a pistol and threatened store staff with it, police said.
However, after the offenders were confronted by staff and a struggle ensued, they left the dairy empty handed.
Just 15 minutes later police were called to another dairy robbery on Selwyn St.
