Detectives from the Mackay have charged a man overnight with a number of robbery offences that have occurred in the Mackay District in the past few months.

The two armed robberies occurred at a supermarket on Bridge Road on December 12 last year and on January 15, 2019.

The attempted armed robbery occurred at a service station on Sydney Street on January 15.

The man has also been charged after a vehicle was stolen from an address on Barber Drive in Eimeo on January 14 which was located burnt out the next day at Blacks Beach.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with two counts of armed robbery and one count each of attempted armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and arson.

He is due to appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court today.

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