Police have charged a 38-year-old man from Tamborine Mountain has been charged with armed robbery after investigations into the robbery of a convenience store at Southport yesterday.

Police will allege that around 7.30pm a man entered the Scarborough Street shop before threatening an employee with a knife and demanding cash.

The staff member complied with his demands and the man obtained a sum of cash before fleeing the scene on foot.

The 38-year-old man is scheduled to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on February 18.

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