Police have charged a 30-year-old man following an incident yesterday in a shopping centre car park on Cotlew Street at Ashmore.
About 6pm, a 51-year-old woman allegedly had her handbag stolen as she was putting groceries into her car.
She was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
A short time later the man was arrested.
He has been charged with one count of robbery and is scheduled to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court today.