A WREXHAM teenager was held up at knifepoint by a man said to be seeking drugs.

The incident occurred on Queensway Court, Queensway at about 10pm on Sunday.

It saw 17-year-old Jake Skimmings approached by a man dressed in black wearing a black face mask asking him if he knew where to get drugs.

Mr Skimmings is said to have been grabbed by the man who pulled a knife on him and held it pointing it into his back.

He said: "I could feel the sharpness of it but I just tried to remain as calm as possible.

"He just kept saying I need to take him to get drugs and I just said I didn't know where to get them.

"I managed to get free and just ran away as fast as I could."

Mr Skimmings says the incident has already had a profound effect on him and where he goes at night.

He said: "It was pretty traumatic and I'm definitely not going out on my own again in Queensway at that time of night.

"It was only when I got home and had time to think that I realised how close I was to potentially being stabbed."

North Wales Police is investigating the incident.

A spokesperson for the force said: "A 10.15pm on September 20 a report was made that on Queensway Court a youth was threatened.

"No injuries or robbery occurred."