Update: Armed robbery charges, Aurukun
Police investigating an alleged armed robbery incident in Aurukun on Saturday night have charged three juveniles.
It will be alleged the juveniles were armed and demanded the keys to a vehicle from a man and woman around 11.30pm at an address on Wuungkan Lane.
It will be further alleged that the juveniles then stole the vehicle and drove around Aurukun in a dangerous manner before it become bogged on the outskirts of Aurukun on Aurukun Road.
Three boys, two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old were arrested and later charged with one count each of enter premises and commit indictable offence, armed robbery and burglary and commit indictable offence. One of the 15-year-old boys were charged with a further offence of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The three boys will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.
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