Update: Armed robbery, Varsity Lakes
Police have charged a boy following investigations into an alleged armed robbery in Varsity Lakes yesterday morning.
It will be alleged at 6.50am a teenage boy armed with a hammer, entered the Varsity Parade grocery store and threatened staff.
He allegedly stole a quantity of cigarettes before leaving the store on foot.
No-one was physically injured during the incident.
A 16-year-old Mudgeeraba boy has been charges with one count of armed robbery.
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