A suspected armed robber remains on the run after a security van driver was threatened outside a supermarket in Margate.

The victim was reportedly threatened with a weapon outside the Tesco Metro in Cliftonville at around 2.30pm on Friday.

The robber made off with "a quantity" of cash, but the driver was unhurt.

The supermarket, on the corner of Northdown Road and Devonshire Gardens was taped off for several hours while officers investigated.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police was called at 2.31pm on Friday, August 19 to Northdown Road, Margate following reports of a robbery in which a security van driver was reportedly threatened with a weapon.

"It is reported that a quantity of cash was taken.

"No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made. Officers are continuing to make inquiries."