Police have arrested a man following an armed robbery in Balaclava this morning.

The alarm was raised after a man entered a Carlisle Street convenience store, allegedly armed with a firearm, just before 7am.

Uniform police patrolling the area arrested the man in a nearby laneway.

The man, aged in his mid twenties, is currently assisting Prahran armed robbery taskforce detectives with their enquiries.

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