Qld: Police nab masked bandit trying to rob store

AAP General News (Australia)
02-17-2007
Qld: Police nab masked bandit trying to rob store

BRISBANE, Feb 17 AAP - A man masked with a balaclava has been caught by police in the
act of trying to rob a shop on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Police say a 25-year-old Surfers Paradise man was arrested at the scene after a police
patrol spotted a masked man threatening a shop assistant in the Surfers Paradise Lucky
Convenience Store around 3.30am (AEST) today, police said.

The man is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates court this morning on one count
of attempted robbery.

AAP rl/jt

KEYWORD: ROBBERY

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