Armed robbery, Gladstone

Police are investigating an armed robbery in West Gladstone overnight.

At around 10.20pm a man entered the Mellefont Street shop and threatened the attendant with a knife, demanding cash.

The man ran from the shop with money.

He is described as Caucasian, around 20-years-old, wearing a brown hoodie, jeans and a black bandana and sunglasses over his face.

The shop keeper was not physically injured.

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