Police say a man wearing pajama pants demanded money from an employee at a Dartmouth Shoppers Drug Mart

Halifax Regional Police are searching for a suspect after a drug store in Dartmouth was robbed early Monday.

Police were called to the Shoppers Drug Mart at 80 Tacoma Drive at 1:16 a.m.

They say a man with a hammer demanded money from the employee and ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as white, between 5'8" and 6'1" with an athletic build. He was wearing a black and grey hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, a blue mask, dark sunglasses, black shoes and brown and white checkered flannel pajama pants.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 902-490-5016 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.

