Syringe bandit steals pies from service station

A manhunt is underway for a brazen bandit involved in two early morning robberies involving a blood-filled syringe in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.

The man entered a service station on Bridge Rd at Para Hills just after 4.30am today and requested a twin pack of cigarettes and three pies.

He then pulled a blood-filled syringe from his pocket and threatened the shop attendant.

Police believe the suspect and another man committed a similar robbery about 20 minutes later at nearby Ronald Drive in Salisbury East.

The pair used a syringe to threaten a 25-year-old man walking to work and stole his mobile phone.

Police are reviewing the security video.