UPDATE: Police Investigating Cumberland Farms Armed Robbery

This story was updated at 9 p.m. Monday, March 4 with a press release from Grafton Police.

Police on Monday night called off a K9 search for an armed robber who held up the Cumberland Farms at 2 Main St. earlier in the evening.

The convenience store was reportedly robbed at 5:31 p.m.

"On their arrival, officers spoke to the store clerk who stated a subject entered the store and, after asking for cigarettes, displayed a handgun demanding money from the register," Police Chief Normand A. Crepeau Jr. said in a press release. "The subject then fled the store running up Main Street (Route 122A). No injuries were reported during the incident."

The suspect was described as a white male with a dark goatee wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt and jeans. He was wearing sunglasses, police said.

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Grafton Police searched the area with the assistance of Sutton Police and MA State Police K9 units.

Grafton has three Cumberland Farms locations in town; the one robbed is in South Grafton.

The search ended Monday night with negative results; the incident remains under investigation. Anyone in the area who may have information is asked to contact the Grafton Police Department at 508-839-5343.