Police Seek Suspect in Brooklyn Smoke Shop Robbery

Police are asking for the public's help to identify a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery Saturday at a Brooklyn deli.

The suspect entered the M&H Deli Smoke Shop in the Cypress Hills neighborhood at about 3:15 a.m., pointed a firearm at a 22-year-old clerk and demanded all the money from the cash register, police said.

The suspect fled the deli with about $600 in cash and $200 worth of cigarettes, investigators said.

No one was injured during the robbery.

The suspect is described as being about 40-45 years old, six feet tall with short black hair. He was wearing a black leather jacket and black baseball cap at the time of the robbery.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. 

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