Update: armed robberies, Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast police have charged a man following investigations into a string of armed robberies involving a firearm in the Sunshine Coast District yesterday.
It will be alleged at 1.30am yesterday a man fired a shotgun into the entrance of a Rawson Street tavern at Caloundra West, gaining access to the premises.
The man then allegedly tried to break into an ATM inside the tavern, however, was unsuccessful and left the address empty-handed. No one was inside the premises at the time.
Around 1.45am a man allegedly used a shotgun to hold up a service station on Steve Irwin Way at Glenview.
The male employee complied with his demands for cash and the man fled the scene.
A third incident involving a shotgun was at a fast food outlet on the Bruce Highway at Glass House Mountains around 2am.
During the incident, a man allegedly produced a firearm at a drive-through window and made threats towards the attendant to handover money from the till.
The staff member complied and provided a sum of cash to the man.
No one was injured in any of the incidents.
As a result of their investigations police executed a search warrant at an address in Alexandra Headlands yesterday evening where a man was taken into custody.
A 25-year-old Maroochydore man has been charged with two counts of armed robbery, deprivation of liberty and failing to stop, three counts of stealing and one count each of burglary, carrying a loaded weapon in a public place, possessing dangerous drugs, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of a weapon (shotgun), enter premises with intent to commit an indictable offence, wilful damage and discharging a weapon in a public place.
He is due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court this morning.
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