20 Jan 2016

Armed bank robbery in Te Awamutu

9:15 pm on 20 January 2016

Police are looking for a man who robbed the ASB bank in Te Awamutu with a sawn-off shotgun.

The police released this image in relation to the armed robbery in Te Awamutu.

The police released this image in relation to the armed robbery in Te Awamutu. Photo: SUPPLIED / NZ Police

They said the man pointed the gun at a staff member and demanded cash about 4pm.

He took off with an unknown amount of money, down an alleyway towards the Countdown supermarket.

The man was described as a stocky Maori or Pacific Island man wearing a grey hoodie top, dark long pants and sandshoes and carrying a dark back-pack style school bag.