Charges, Earlville

Police have charged a 31-year-old man following an incident in Earlville this afternoon.

At around 2.30pm, police responded to a disturbance in a shopping centre on Mulgrave Road where they apprehended a man allegedly armed with a knife.

The 31-year-old Caravonica man has been charged with four counts of stealing and one count each of serious assault, possess dangerous drugs, possession of a knife in a public place, and attempted stealing.

He is expected to appear in Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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