Staff at a petrol station were threatened with a gun during a robbery.

Two makes men are believed to have walked into the BP garage, in The Broadway, Debden, at around 10.40pm on Wednesday (December 13).

Staff say one of the men showed them what they believed to be a firearm.

They then left with a three-figure sum of cash, cigarettes and bottles of alcohol before making a getaway.

One of the suspects is described as white and wearing a balaclava covering his face.

The other was described as mixed race and wearing a black jacket with a black hood, a black baseball cap with a skull on it, grey tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Loughton CID on 101 quoting incident 1114 or 13/12/ or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.