Armed robbery charge – Surfers Paradise
Two 13-year-old boys have been charged with armed robbery following police investigations into the alleged theft of alcohol from a Surfers Paradise liquor store last night (May 9).
Police will allege that around 8.30pm two teenage boys entered a Hanlon Street business and threatened a 22-year-old male employee with a hammer before fleeing on foot with a quantity of alcohol.
Patrolling patrol arrested two teens soon after in the nearby vicinity.
The boys are from Bethania and Kingston.
No one was physically injured during the alleged robbery.
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