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Police investigating after Halifax convenience store held up by man with knife

Police are investigating after a robbery at the Needs convenience store at 6130 Chebucto Road in Halifax. Alexa MacLean/Global News

Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a convenience store in Halifax early Tuesday morning.

Halifax Regional Police say they were called to the Needs Convenience on Chebucto Road at 1:50 a.m.

Police say the man entered the store, produced a knife and demanded money from the cash register.

The employee who was threatened was not injured.

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The suspect was last seen walking southbound on Windsor Street. He’s described as white, about 5’4″ in his 40s with a dark brown beard

At the time, he was wearing a dark coloured toque, black jacket, grey sweatpants, and grey and white sneakers.

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Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact Halifax Regional Police or Crime Stoppers.

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