Update: Armed robbery, Greenbank
Police have charged a man over the violent armed robbery of a licensed premises at Greenbank on December 1.
It will be alleged at 3.39am on Saturday, two masked men entered a tavern on Pub Lane, one armed with a hammer and the other with a shotgun.
It is further alleged that the men demanded cash from three employees – a 27-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and their 26-year-old male supervisor – before one of the men struck the 26-year- supervisor in the head with the hammer.
The 26-year-old sustained a minor head injury and was transported to hospital in a stable condition. The other two employees were uninjured.
The armed men then allegedly fled the address in a vehicle, with a substantial amount of cash.
Around 11.30pm that night (Saturday December 1), police located a 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander at Scott Lane, North Maclean, which had been allegedly stolen from a Harvey Bay residence around 2.50pm on November 29.
At the time, the vehicle was bearing incorrect registration plates, which had allegedly been stolen from a maroon 1998 Ford Falcon at Marsden on June 20.
It will be alleged that outside the vehicle, police located approximately half the cash stolen during the armed-robbery at Greenbank.
Yesterday afternoon, officers arrested a 23-year-old Wondunna man at Acacia Ridge.
Last night, he was charged with one count each of armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed, possessing tainted property and failing to take reasonable care in respect of syringe.
He is scheduled to appear at the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on December 7 (today).
Investigations into the identity and whereabouts of the second man are ongoing.
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