Update: Multiple robberies, Brisbane South
Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch Detectives have charged a man following the investigation of a series of robberies on Brisbane’s South over the past month.
It will be alleged around 1.30am on February 5 two men entered a licenced premises on Government Road Richlands. They threatened two staff members with knives before leaving with a sum of cash.
It will be further alleged on February 13, around 8:30pm, a man entered a medical centre and chemist store on Blunder Road at Oxley. The man approached a staff member and asked for change before snatching cash from the till and fleeing the store on foot.
In the third incident, two men have allegedly entered a licensed premises on the corner of Beaudesert Road and Hansen Street at around 11:20pm on February 17. The men, armed with knives, demanded cash from an employee before fleeing the scene with a sum of cash. A 28-year-old Inala man has previously been charged with armed robbery.
In the fourth incident at around 8pm on February 23, a man entered a supermarket on Blunder Road at Oxley. The man approached a staff member at the counter, demanded cash and produced a knife. The man grabbed a quantity of cash from the register and left the store with the money,
Police attended a Caldwell Street, Goodna address on Tuesday afternoon and allegedly located a man in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
A 32-year-old Darra man has been charged with seven counts of robbery, five counts of enter premises with intent to commit indicatable offence, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count each of fraud, burglary, obstruct police, possession of explosive (ammunition), possession of shortened firearm, contravene domestic violence order and assault occasioning bodily harm.
He is expected to appear at the Richlands Magistrates Court on March 15.
