A 25-year-old woman has been charged following the armed robbery of a convenience store at Leichhardt this afternoon.

It will be alleged just after 4pm a woman entered the store on Toongarra Road before threatening a shop assistant with a syringe and demanding she open the till.

The staff member refused her demands and the woman allegedly stole a quantity of cigarettes before leaving the store.

No one was physically injured during the incident.

A 25-year-old Cairns woman was charged with one count of armed robbery and is due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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