Two boys have been charged following the armed robbery of an Acacia Ridge bakery this afternoon.

It will be alleged that around 1.15pm, a boy entered the Mortimer Road business and threatened a male staff member with a baseball bat.

He allegedly demanded money before jumping over the counter and grabbing money out of a basket and fled the scene on foot.

He was later joined by a younger boy who police allege may have been acting as a look out for the other.

Witnesses assisted police determine the direction they had fled, and a police dog and their handler was able to track them to a home nearby.

Both boys – a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old – were conveyed to Acacia Ridge police station and charged with armed robbery.