POLICE are hunting for a gunman after a robbery at a petrol station in Lees this morning.
Officers were sent to Lees Village Service Station on St John Street just before 9.10am following reports of a "gunpoint robbery".
No-one was injured in the alarming incident but workers were left shaken.
Stuart Collinge, husband of one of the owners of the station, said the culprit was a white man, around 5"8 tall and was believed to be in his 20s.
He wore a medical face mask, a green hoodie with the hood up and grey jogging bottoms.
No arrests have been made, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has said.
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A GMP spokesman said: "We were called shortly before 9.10am to a report of a gunpoint robbery at a store on St John Street, Lees.
"Specialist officers attended but no suspects were found.
"Thankfully no-one was injured but store workers were left understandably shaken.
"Initial enquiries at the scene have continued and an investigation is underway."
If you have any information contact police online, if able, or call 101 quoting incident 785 of October 15.
Details can be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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