A 55-year-old Rockhampton man will face Court next week following an armed robbery at a Tweed Heads department store last Wednesday afternoon.
About 5.45pm yesterday (Wednesday, October 3, 2012), a man approached the customer service counter at the front of the store, located within a Wharf Street shopping centre, and threatened a female employee with a firearm.
She handed over cash from a register before being ordered to lie on the floor.
The offender then fled the scene on foot.
Police from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command responded quickly to the incident.
As a result of inquiries, the man was arrested a short time later at a motel on Minjungbal Drive, Tweed Heads.
A replica pistol was also seized by officers.
The man was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station and charged with robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon, for this offence.
He was also charged with a further two counts of robbery whilst armed with a dangerous weapon, following an alleged robbery at a supermarket at Murwillumbah on September 30, 2012 and a newsagency at Pottsville on September 26, 2012
He’s been refused bail to appear in Lismore Local Court on October 15, 2012.
