Police have charged a man following an armed robbery that occurred in Condon yesterday afternoon.

Shortly after 2pm, a man entered a bottle shop in Riverway Drive and it will be alleged that he walked behind the counter and stated that he was armed with a knife.

It is further alleged that the man then took two bottles of alcohol before fleeing the scene on foot/

A man was taken into custody by police a short time later.

A 20-year-old Kirwan man has been charged with one count of armed robbery and is due to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on June 25.

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