UPDATE: Armed robbery, Aitkenvale
Police have charged an 18-year-old man following investigations into two armed robberies that in Aitkenvale in the past 24 hours.
It will be alleged around 6.20pm on June 29 a man entered an Indian restaurant on Ross River Road armed with what is believed to be a hammer and approached the counter.
He allegedly threatened a man behind the counter before fleeing with a sum of cash.
In a second incident around 9:20am this morning, the same man allegedly confronted an employee of a Ross River Road Pet Store with an axe before fleeing with a sum of cash.
No one was physically injured as a result of the robbery.
Police arrested an 18-year-old Aitkenvale man at a nearby residence a short time later.
He has been charged with two counts each of armed robbery and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence and is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court tomorrow.
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