Armed robbery charges, Caloundra
QPS Media on May 9, 2016 @ 4:30am
Police have charged a man following their investigations into an armed robbery at Caloundra overnight.
It will be alleged around 7.30pm two men entered a cinema complex on Bullock Street and threatened two employees with a firearm before demanding money.
The two female staff members complied and the pair fled the scene on foot with a large sum of cash.
No one was physically injured.
A short time later police patrols located a man at a Caloundra residence where he was taken into custody.
A 22-year-old Aroona man has been charged with one count of armed robbery and one count of enter premises to commit an indictable offence.
He has been remanded in police custody to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court tomorrow, May 9.
The second man is described as being around 182cm tall and of slim build.
He was last seen wearing a hoodie, long pants and a pink mask covering his face.
Investigations are continuing.