Halifax police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who allegedly robbed a Dartmouth drugstore and indicated he had a weapon on him Friday afternoon.

Officers say a man entered the Lawtons Drugstore on Primrose Street in Dartmouth, N.S., at 3:20 p.m., demanding medication and claiming to have a weapon.

Witnesses didn’t see a weapon and no one was injured.

Police believe he left the scene on foot.

The suspect is described as a white male, between five-foot-five and five-foot-seven. He was wearing a dark hooded shirt, khaki pants, a black hat and carrying a backpack.

Halifax Regional Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact HRP or Crime Stoppers.

An investigation is ongoing.