Linked robberies, Ipswich
Police are investigating after two service stations were robbed overnight and it’s believed the same men attempted to rob a third service station.
Just before 2am, two men in a car stopped outside a service station on Johnson Road, Forestdale. The passenger entered the shop and approached the cashier area carrying a knife.
The man called for the console operator to come out of the office and give him money.
The console operator did not appear so the man entered the cashier area, walked towards the first cash register, reefed it from its mounting points, placed it under his right arm and ran from the store.
He entered the vehicle and left the scene along Johnson Road heading towards Hillcrest.
At about 3.20am, a vehicle believed to contain the same two men drove into a service station on Old Logan Road at Camira.
One of the men entered the store and produced a weapon described as like an ice-pick. He threatened a console operator and demanded money before demanding the safe be opened.
The man left the store with the money and departed in the vehicle he had arrived in.
At approximately 3.45am the same vehicle entered a service station on the Mount Lindsay Highway, at Regents Park. The male passenger approached the glass entrance doors, and proceeded to kick the door.
The doors have failed to open, and the man returned to the vehicle which was last seen on the Mount Lindesay Highway, travelling in a direction towards Park Ridge.
The passenger was wearing a blue parka with a hood, black cargo pants and joggers and had his face covered. The driver of the vehicle is described as 23-25 years of age, Caucasian with dark hair wearing a red jacket.
The car is described as a white Holden Commodore sedan with the license plate number 974TPL.
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