SECURITY staff were threatened by a hooded man with a metal bar during a supermarket burglary in which cigarettes were stolen.
Three men forced their way into Morrisons in Dickens Way, Newlands Spring, Chelmsford at 2.15am this morning (November 17).
A glass panel was removed from a door before night staff were threatened by a man brandishing a metal bar.
The cigarette kiosk was broken in to and a quantity of cigarettes stolen. No one was injured.
Police say the first suspect is described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, wearing a black hooded top, dark trousers and black shoes. He was thought to be in his 30s.
The second was about 5ft 9ins tall, also white, again thought to be in his 30s, wearing a light-coloured hooded top.
The third was a similar height to the other two wearing a dark hooded top, black scarf or balaclava over the lower part of his face.
It is believed they were using a white Transit-type van to flee from the scene.
