Armed robber surprises supermarket staff while opening store

Employees of the Jumbo supermarket on the Grotestraat in Waalwijk were robbed on Wednesday morning. The assailant threatened with a firearm.

The employees were surprised by the man when they entered the supermarket to get to work. He went in with them and demanded money. When he got that, he ran off.

Disappeared
Officers searched the area for the suspect, but he had disappeared without a trace.

It would be a white man who is about 1.80 meters tall and has a normal build.

black rain pants
The suspect was wearing black clothes and black pants at the time of the robbery. According to the description in the Burgernet message, he would have two yellow Jumbo bags with him.

The granny bicycle on which the perpetrator presumably fled was found in the Looierij and has been seized for investigation.

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