Detectives with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with a grocery store robbery Monday night.
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Jerry Brewer said deputies responded to a robbery at the Food Lion grocery store at 6400-1 Carolina Beach Road just after 11 p.m. Monday.
Brewer said two employees locked up the store for the night and headed for their cars when a black male approached them.
“The black male brandished a firearm and ordered the employees back into the business. Once inside, he forced them to open the safe as the second black male appeared with a book bag. The two men then forced the employees into a room and ordered them not to come out,” Brewer said.
The suspects fled with an undetermined amount of cash.
Brewer said the sheriff’s office K-9 unit and SABLE helicopter searched for the suspects, but were unsuccessful.
