Police have charged a man following an armed robbery at a jewellery store in Chatswood in December last year.

About 10am (Friday 15 December 2017), police were called to Albert Street following reports a man had thrown a sledgehammer at a store’s window.

He stole jewellery and fled in a dark-coloured vehicle on Claude Street.

No one was injured.

Police from North Shore Local Area Command established a crime scene and commenced an investigation.

About 8am today (Thursday 25 January 2018) investigators arrested a man in Newport and executed a search warrant at a nearby home. The officers seized several items for forensic analysis.

The 40-year-old man was conveyed to Manly Police Station and later charged with aggravated break enter & steal, attempt dispose of stolen property, dispose stolen property (x 2) and furnish false information (x 2).

The man was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court on Friday 26 January 2018.