Police are hunting masked raiders who held up a convenience store with a samurai sword.

Two men dressed in black, both wearing balaclavas and one clad in a hallowe'en mask, burst into the Co-op late store, Vernon Road, Holcombe Brook, at about 10pm on Tuesday.

The raiders, one wielding a silver samurai sword, demanded cash from the till and alcohol from the three members of staff.

Police said the staff members were left unhurt but shaken by the robbery.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken in the raid.