Two gun-wielding robbers were no match for an elderly Auckland woman with a broom handle yesterday morning.
Auckland Police are on the hunt for two high-vis wearing offenders who tried to rob a Penrose shop with a handgun but was chased off by a woman with a broom.
There have been two aggravated robberies within 24 hours, both by offenders wearing high-vis clothing, police said.
The first robbery happened at 10.45am yesterday morning at a shop on Church Street in Penrose.
Two men wearing high-vis clothing and work boots entered the shop, armed with a black handgun.
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They threatened the shop owner, but were chased from the scene when the victim's mum ran at them with a broom handle, police said.
They robbers escaped on bikes, one of which was a child's size, lime-green bmx bike, and were last seen heading south on Great South Road, towards Otahuhu.