Update: Armed robbery charge, Mackay
A man has been charged following the armed robbery of an adult store in Mackay on Monday night.
It will be alleged on December 11 a man entered an adult store on Wood Street around 8.30pm and approached the counter armed with a hammer.
The man allegedly threatened the female attendant before fleeing the store with a sum of cash.
No one was physically inured as a result of the incident.
Information received by police from members of the public following the airing of CCTV vision by local media outlets led to the arrest of a 24-year-old East Mackay man yesterday.
He was charged with armed robbery, enter premises and commit indictable offence, possession of dangerous drugs and possessing utensils and is due to appear in Mackay Magistrates Court today (December 14).
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