Glen Eden dairy robbery: Worker injured as armed group steals cash, cigarettes

Police are following a positive line of enquiry following the robbery at a Glen Eden dairy.

A dairy worker in the Auckland suburb of Glen Eden was sliced on his hand after a weapon-wielding group stormed his shop this afternoon.

He told the Herald five or six people came into the store armed with a knife and a hammer.

“They took the till and some cigarettes,” he said.

The worker believes the offenders ditched their first car and then took another car.

“We closed the store for a few hours and police came and took fingerprints.”

Police said around 3pm they received reports of a robbery from a commercial premises on Glengarry Rd.

“A worker in the shop suffered an injury to their hand, which did not require significant medical treatment,” a spokesperson said.

“Police are following a positive line of enquiry – having uplifted a vehicle, and working to identify those involved."

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