A 22-year-old man is assisting with police enquiries into the armed robbery of a video store at Annerley this evening.

Around 9.50pm, a man entered the Ipswich Road store claiming to be armed and threatened the attendant before fleeing with a sum of cash on foot.

Local police driving in the area at the time sighted a man running suspiciously from the area and gave chase on foot before detaining him.

Two knives were located allegedly in the man’s possession and a sum of cash was recovered.

The store attendant was not physically injured during the incident.

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