Police release footage of service station worker being threatened with knife during robbery

Police have released shocking footage of a 23-year-old woman being threatened with a knife at a Gold Coast service station as they step up their hunt for the perpetrator. SEE THE VIDEO

POLICE have released shocking CCTV footage of a man threatening a Gold Coast service station worker with a knife during a brazen daylight robbery.

The two-minute video shows the man repeatedly raising the weapon towards the terrified 23-year-old woman at a service station on Marine Parade, Southport, around 11.20am on Wednesday.

The man threatens the service station worker with a knife.

The man is described as 160cm tall and was wearing grey tracksuit pants and a dark blue hooded jumper.

The man demands she open the register, which he empties of cash, before returning to threaten her again when his escape is blocked by a locked door.

The man helped himself to cash from the register.

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After the door is unlocked the man is seen fleeing with cash and cigarettes.

Police say he was last seen running down High Street.

He returned and hopped over the counter to threaten the woman a second time when his escape was blocked.

He is described as 160cm tall and was wearing grey tracksuit pants with a stripe down the side, a dark blue hooded jumper, dark beanie, white socks and blue and white stripe ‘Adidas’ slip-on shoes.

He was last seen running down High Street.

Anyone with information is asked to call policelink on 131 444. To report information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000.