Armed robbery charge, Everton Park
Police have charged a 27-year-old man following the armed robbery of a convenience store in Everton Park early this morning.
It will be alleged that around 2.25am, a man armed with a meat cleaver entered the business located on South Pine Road and threatened the store attendant, making demands for cash and cigarettes.
It is further alleged the man fled the store with a sum of cash and cigarettes.
Police attended and the dog squad led them to the garden of a nearby address on Stafford Road. A man was located in the garden and was arrested without incident.
A 27-year-old Everton Park man has been charged with one count of armed robbery and is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 15.
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