Two men have men arrested following two alleged armed robberies in the St Marys Local Area Command last week.

Just before 10am on Tuesday 28 October 2014, it’s alleged two men entered a restaurant in Manning Street, Kingswood, where they were threatened staff with a knife a demanded money. They left with the cash.

A second incident occurred about 6.30am on Thursday 30 October 2014, where police allege two men entered a newsagency on Oxford Street, Cambridge Park, again armed with a knife. The men threatened staff and demanded money.

A member of the public interrupted the robbery and the men left the scene.

Following an investigation by police attached to St Marys Local Area Command, two men were arrested at a unit in Santley Street, Kingswood.

The men, aged 29 and 18, were each charged with robbery while armed with an offensive weapon and attempted robbery with an offensive weapon, they were refused bail and appeared in Penrith Local Court on 30 October 2014.

Both were refused bail at court and remanded in custody until they next appear in Penrith Local Court on 12 December 2104.