NIAGARA FALLS – Police have released a surveillance photo of a man believed to be responsible for the robbing a pharmacy in Chippawa last Monday morning.

At around 9:40 a.m. on Feb. 1, police were called to the IDA Pharmacy at 3700 Main St. to investigate a robbery that had just occurred.

The investigation revealed that a lone male entered the pharmacy while armed with a weapon and demanded narcotics. After receiving a quantity of narcotics the suspect fled on foot toward the area of Willoughby Drive and Welland Street.

The suspect is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 160lbs. He was wearing a grey hooded sweat shirt, light coloured pants and a black ski mask.