Rockhampton detectives investigating the robbery of a Rockhampton bank on January 8 have charged a man with armed robbery.

Police will allege that around 3.30pm a man entered a bank located within a shopping centre on Yammba Road.

The man approached a teller intimating that he was armed with a firearm and threatened a teller and demanded cash.

The man then fled the scene with a sum of cash.

A 33-year-old Yeppoon man is due to appear in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court today where he also faces a charge of enter premises with intent to commit an indictable offence.

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