Armed group robs store

A group armed with knives and a tyre iron robbed an Invercargill store early yesterday, police say.

Four people allegedly entered a store in North Rd about 3.30am, two carrying knives and one a tyre iron.

They targeted cigarettes and tobacco, before fleeing the area in a vehicle. The two store employees were not injured, although shaken by the incident, police said.

Police were asking anyone who witnessed the incident, or had information in relation to it, to contact them. They also wanted to hear from anyone who had CCTV or dashcam footage in the North Rd area between midnight on Sunday and 5am yesterday.