Robbery charge, Miami

Police have charged a 22-year-old man after a woman was injured during an alleged robbery at a shopping centre car park on the Gold Coast Highway at Miami this afternoon.

It will be alleged around 1.45pm a 58-year-old woman was unloading items into her car when a man grabbed her handbag from behind, causing her to fall backwards and strike her head on the ground.

The man then allegedly pulled the handbag from the woman’s shoulder before running away.

Witnesses chased the man before detaining him on Mountain View Avenue where he was arrested by an off-duty officer.

The woman sustained an injury to her shoulder and bruising to her head and arms and was treated at Robina Hospital.

A 22-year-old Palm Beach man has been charged with one count of robbery and is expected to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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