A RUNCORN man is being questioned by police following a armed raid on a shop in Palacefields on Saturday evening.

A pair of youths carrying knives entered the Spar shop at the Spar Local Centre at 7.30pm.

The robbers used the knives to threaten staff before making off with £200 in cash and an unspecified quantity of Manweb electricity metre cards.

Nobody was injured in the raid.

A man was arrested by Runcorn police shortly afterwards.

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