Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery which took place around 9.45pm on Friday evening at the the Indigo Sun tanning salon in the Fruitmarket Place area in Chesser.
Two men entered the premises and demanded cash from the till from a staff member.
When told there was nothing in the till one man searched the premises while the other kept a look out at the front door.
When nothing of value was found the man took the CCTV hard drive and then both men made off on foot, turning left out of the premises and towards Hutchison Road.
The first man is described as white, of average build, aged mid to late twenties and 5ft 10ins tall with a local Edinburgh accent. He was wearing a blue/green scarf across his face, a dark coloured three-quarter length hooded jacket with the hood pulled up, dark coloured bottoms, padded/quilted dark coloured gloves and dark footwear.
The second man is described as white, of slim build and aged mid to late twenties and 5ft 8ins tall. He was wearing dark clothing and a similar pair of padded/quilted dark gloves with a grey stripe down the sides.
Detective Sergeant Robert Wallace said: “Fortunately no one was injured but this was a frightening attack which has left a female member of staff distressed. We are eager to trace the men responsible as soon as possible.
“I would ask anyone who was in the area and saw these men, or anything suspicious, before or after the incident, to get in touch to help with our investigation. In particular we would like to trace the missing CCTV hard drive.
“Anyone with information can contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident 4576 of 16 November or make an anonymous call to the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
