Robbery with violence, Carrara
Gold Coast detectives have charged a man following an alleged robbery with violence in Carrara this afternoon.
It will be alleged at around 2:30pm a man entered a taxi on Wardoo Street in Southport before later assaulting the driver on Nerang-Broadbeach Road in Carrara.
The man allegedly forced the driver from the vehicle and left the scene in the taxi.
The 27-year-old male driver was not physically injured during the incident.
Police conducted patrols and located the taxi in the carpark of a licensed premises in Canungra where a man was taken into custody.
A 32-year-old New South Wales man has been charged with robbery with violence, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, stealing and wilful damage.
He is due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court tomorrow, June 25.
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