A gun man has escaped with an estimated three thousand dollars in cash in an armed robbery late Saturday afternoon at a St. Philip business place.

Starcom Network News understands that just after 5 P.M. an assailant armed with a shot gun staged an aggravated robbery at the Royal Chinese Restaurant at Groves Road, Six Roads, St Philip.

This is the second armed robbery at a business place in recent days.

It follows the aggravated burglary at a St. George supermarket in which staff and patrons were held at gunpoint.

Police made quick progress in that case with four suspects being taken into custody and a gun and cash being recovered.