At 12.05pm today a male has attended the Derwent Tavern, Bridgewater and assaulted a female staff member before stealing a small quantity of cash.

The male was apprehended by Bridgewater Uniform personnel a short distance from the tavern and the cash was recovered.

The male was interviewed by detectives from Eastern District Criminal Investigation Branch and charged with this robbery and an unrelated assault from 2011.

The female victim of the robbery was shaken but uninjured.

The male was bailed with strict conditions in relation to the matters and will appear in court at a later date.

Eastern District Detectives have today arrested and charged a person over the armed robbery of the United Service Station at Rosny on 29 June this year.

A 36-year-old male from Warrane was arrested this morning by Detectives from the Eastern CIB.  He was charged with one count of armed robbery and was held to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court later in the day.

“The Tasmanian Community will not tolerate these sorts of crimes and are becoming more prepared to provide information to Police to assist with identifying offenders,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Bessell.

“Tasmania Police place the highest priority on the prevention and detection of serious crime and will allocate resources accordingly in order to fully investigate these matters.”

Police allege the male acted alone when he entered the service station and threatened the attendant with a knife.  The male left with an undisclosed amount of money.

At approximately 2203hrs two males each armed with a knife, entered the rear residence of the Glenorchy RSL on Main Road Glenorchy.

The RSL was still open at the time and approximately 15 patrons were involved in a snooker competition in the front room of the premises.

Staff were directed to place cash into plastic bags and no injuries were sustained during the robbery

Both males then exited the RSL with a sum of cash via the rear door and were last observed running towards Windsor Street.

At 5:17pm on Thursday the 5^thof July 2012 an unidentified male, armed with a knife, committed a robbery on the New Town Chemmart Pharmacy in New Town Road, New Town. The male demanded prescription medication from staff, and obtained a quantity of medication before making off on foot in a northerly direction along New Town Road and into Roope Street.

The male, possibly in his twenties, was around 5’11” to 6’ tall, dark sunken eyes and was wearing a black hooded top with a gold/brown motif featuring wings on the front and a green and white bandana covering his face.

Detective ask that anyone who may have seen this person, or who may otherwise have information about the robbery, contact Hobart detectives on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

There are similarities between this robbery and a previous robbery at the same pharmacy on the 20^th of June 2012, and the possibility the two incidents are linked is one avenue of enquiry that is being pursued.

ECIB are continuing to investigate the Armed Robbery at the United Service Station, Bellerive that occurred on 29^thJune 2012.

The attached photo depicts a scarf left at the scene by the offender.

The male offender is described as being around 175cm in height, thin build, wearing black clothing, a blue cap and a green/yellow scarf, with white/silver sneakers.  His face was concealed by a piece of fabric and he wore grey gloves.

At 4.50pm on Wednesday the 20 June 2012, a male person armed with a knife has entered the Chemart Pharmacy located at 127 Newtown Road, Newtown.  The male person has then threatened a member of staff at the pharmacy before making off with an amount of prescription medication.  The male was last seen on foot at the intersection of Pedder and Roope Street, Newtown.

The male offender is described as being approximately 185cm tall, of slim build, wearing a grey hooded jumper and black track pants and carrying a small black back pack.  The male was also possibly wearing a scarf.

Medical advice obtained in relation to the medication stolen states that as with any non prescribed medication, inappropriately taken, can cause serious health problems and possibly death.

Pharmacy staff were shaken by the incident but otherwise physically unharmed.

At approximately 12:50am on Monday the 11^thof June 2012 a taxi driver went to collect a fare at Ruby Place, Ravenswood. On arrival the taxi driver was confronted by two to three young males one armed with a knife who demanded money from him.

The driver activated his emergency surveillance equipment and the youths fled.

The driver was able to leave the street in his taxi without being injured and no money was stolen during the attempted armed robbery.

The offenders were described as male youths. One of the offenders was wearing a grey hooded top and had his face covered with a scarf.

As a result of investigations carried out by members of the Launceston Criminal Investigation Branch, a 15 year old Invermay male has been charged with attempted armed robbery in relation to the matter.

The youth has been bailed and will appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court (Youth Justice Division) at a later stage.

The incident is still being investigated and further charges are expected to be laid.

At approximately 1.20pm today, two male offenders have threatened a staff member of the Beltana Hotel, whilst in the in the rear car park, with a firearm before making off with a sum of cash. The offenders were then observed to leave the area in a green early model station wagon, registration number EK0689.

The offenders were described as being male, 20 to 30 years of age, wearing full-face balaclavas and disposable dark blue overalls. No person was injured during the incident.

At about 4.40pm on Monday 4th June 2012 a male youth entered the Village Cinema situated at 163 Brisbane Street, Launceston and approached the cashier.

He demanded the cashier hand over money or he would he would stab her. The cashier refused to hand over the money as requested and the youth was pulled from the Cinema by an acquaintance.

No persons were injured in this incident and no weapon was sighted by the victim.

Police attended the scene and after searching the area located the offender nearby. The offender is a 14 year old male who was charged with Attempted Robbery and bailed to appear in court at  a later date.

t 9.30am a male person entered the Commonwealth Bank at Newstead and after waiting for several customers in the Branch to be served, approached the female teller and handed her a demand note.

The male was then handed a sum of money  and  fled the branch on foot and was last observed crossing Elphin Roadtowards the direction of Coles car park.

The male is descibed as mid 30’s, slim build, 170cm, pitted/acne face, tear drop tattoo on left cheek under eye. Wearing a light brown beanie with stripes, black sunglasses, brown zip-up jacket with two white stripes on each arm, carrying a back pack.

No person was injured in the robbery and no firearm, knife or other weapon was observed by staff.

Staff at the Branch were very shaken by the incident.