15 March 2016 – Update – Armed Robbery – Business Premises – North Cairns
Published March 18, 2016 | 
Detectives have charged a man following investigations into an alleged armed robbery in North Cairns on February 29.
It will be alleged a man entered the store on Sheridan Street at around 9.45pm armed with a knife and demanded cigarettes and money before producing a second knife and threatening the cashier.
The employee complied with the demands and the man allegedly left with a quantity of tobacco products and a sum of money.
No one was physically injured during the incident.
Police have charged a 47-year-old North Cairns man with one count of armed robbery. He is due to appear in Cairns Magistrates Court today.
