18 April 2017 – Armed Robbery – Hotel – Booval
Published April 21, 2017 | 
Police are investigating after a hotel was robbed overnight in Booval.
Officers were called to the hotel on Brisbane Road at 8.20pm after a man entered the hotel armed with a firearm.
The man threatened a staff member with the firearm and made demands for cash.
Staff complied and handed the man a sum of cash and he then fled the scene and was last seen on foot running along nearby railway tracks.
No one was physically injured as a result of the incident.
The man was last seen wearing a clown mask with green hair, a dark jumper, light coloured shorts and was holding a firearm.
Investigations are continuing.
