POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery at knifepoint at the Post Office in Kelly Bray yesterday (Tuesday).

At around 4.40pm on Tuesday, January 31, a man entered the Post Office on Launceston Road.

The man was armed with a knife and threatened staff before being chased out of the premises. The man ran down the road before jumping into the passenger seat of a dark-coloured saloon car, which drove off down Redmoor Road.

The man was described as being white, wearing dark clothing, a hoody and a scarf which covered his face.

Police said a 52-year-old man and a 43-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and are currently in custody at Charles Cross Police Station in Plymouth.

If you have any information that could help police with their enquiries, please call 101 or email [email protected], quoting crime reference number CR/007430/17.

Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or reported online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org