Armed robbery, Booval

Police are investigating after a hotel was robbed overnight in Booval.

Officers were called to the hotel on Brisbane Road at 8.20pm after a man entered the hotel armed with a firearm.

The man threatened a staff member with the firearm and made demands for cash.

Staff complied and handed the man a sum of cash and he then fled the scene and was last seen on foot running along nearby railway tracks.

No one was physically injured as a result of the incident.

The man was last seen wearing a clown mask with green hair, a dark jumper, light coloured shorts and was holding a firearm.

Investigations are continuing.

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