Detectives are hunting a man who robbed a butchers and a pharmacy at knifepoint in west Belfast.
The suspect escaped with cash following the raids, which took place just 15 minutes apart.
Police said a butcher shop on the Springfield Road was targeted by a man wielding a large knife around 4pm yesterday afternoon.
He threatened staff and demanded money before he escaped in a blue estate car.
A short time later a similar armed heist was staged at a chemist on the Whiterock Road. The culprit escaped on foot in the direction of the Falls Road.
No one was injured during the incidents.
A PSNI spokeswoman said the man was wearing a waist-length dark coat with the collar turned up and a black beanie hat.
