Police were called to a pizza restaurant on Monday afternoon following reports of a robbery.

Witnesses say officers taped off Pizza Hut in Dartford's Prospect Place retail park, both at the back and front of the restaurant.

A Kent Police spokesman confirmed they received a call to a business in Prospect Place at just gone 1pm, but no money is believed to have been taken.

Watch: reports of robbery at Dartford Pizza Hut

Members of staff were threatened and inquiries are ongoing, but there have been no arrests at this time.

At 5.15pm the restaurant remained closed. It is usually open until 9pm on Mondays.

Staff declined to comment, but a spokesman for the restaurant chain confirmed that an attempted robbery had taken place.

They said: "We can confirm that an attempted robbery took place at our Dartford store yesterday.

"The safety of our team members and guests remains our priority and no one was harmed during yesterday's incident.

"We are cooperating fully with the police in their investigation."