Armed robbery charges, Cairns
Detectives have charged two men following the alleged armed robbery of a supermarket in Cairns earlier today.
It will be alleged around 12.09pm a man entered the Sheridan Street business and demanded money from a female staff member.
The man is also alleged to have told the employee he was armed with a weapon.
He fled the scene on foot with a sum of cash.
No one was physically injured in the incident.
A short time later police patrols located a man at a nearby residence where he was taken into custody without incident.
A 37-year-old Cairns man has been charged with one count of armed robbery.
He has been remanded in police custody to appear in Cairns Magistrates Courts tomorrow, May 9.
A second man, aged 29, also from Cairns has been charged with one count of receiving tainted property.
He is due to appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on May 25.
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