Police searching for two armed robbers after holdup in Del Mar

Authorities are searching for two men who used a gun to threaten and rob a clerk at a liquor store in Del Mar Wednesday evening, July 21, sheriff’s officials said.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received a call just after 9 p.m. reporting that two men, one armed with a black handgun, demanded cash from the clerk at Del Mar Liquor and Deli on Camino Del Mar and 12th Street, Lt. Christopher Lawrence said.

The robbers took an unknown amount of money and ran from the store, Lawrence said. The clerk was not injured.

Deputies were searching for the two robbers in the area.

Sheriff’s officials did not release a detailed description of the men.