A man has been charged with the armed robbery of a Leeds Lloydspharmacy team using an imitation gun and a knife. 

A man entered Lloydspharmacy on Meanwood Road, Leeds at around 11.30am last Friday (February 20) and made off with a quantity of prescription drugs and cash after threatening staff with what appeared to be a handgun, West Yorkshire Police told C+D on Monday (February 23).
 

The police said a 31-year-old male had been arrested in connection with the incident and charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of possessing a knife and one count of possessing an imitation firearm. Another man had been arrested and released on bail pending further inquiries, it added.

Lloydspharmacy told C+D no-one had been hurt during the incident and the branch had reopened the next day. The company was offering support to staff involved in the incident and to the wider pharmacy team, it added.

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