Waterloo regional police are investigating after they say four masked men restrained a clerk and stole a number of cellphones from a store at The Boardwalk in Kitchener Wednesday night.

According to police, the incident happened just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. After taking the devices, the four men sped off in a car last seen driving east on the 401 highway, police said.

The store clerk was uninjured.

Police are appealing to the public for information, and ask anyone with knowledge of the incident to call police or CrimeStoppers.