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Teen charged over alleged armed robbery with hammer

A 17-year-old Algester boy who Queensland Police allege threatened a 58-year-old man with a hammer during a robbery of a jewellery store has been arrested and charged over the incident.

Police allege that at approximately 11.30pm on May 31st, a hammer was used to break into a Calam Road business at Sunnybank Hills and a quantity of jewellery was stolen.

“A 58-year-old Marsden man, who was working nearby at the time, was allegedly threatened with a hammer during the incident,” Police said in a statement.

He was not physically injured in the alleged incident.

Detectives from Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) arrested a 17-year-old boy at an Algester property today.

The boy is due to appear at Richlands Childrens Court at a later date.

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