Qld: Store robbed at gunpoint, police say

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2006
Qld: Store robbed at gunpoint, police say

BRISBANE, Dec 29 AAP - A Gold Coast convenience store has been robbed at gunpoint, police say.

A man pointed a handgun at an attendant at the 7-Eleven store on Fifth Avenue, Burleigh
Heads, before demanding money about 1.10am (AEST) today.

He was given a sum of cash and fled on foot.

The offender is described as being in his early 20s, about 183cm tall, with a solid
build and reddish hair.

In a separate incident, a man armed with a knife robbed the Caltex Service Station
on Bryants Road at Loganholme, south of Brisbane, about 1.50pm (AEST) yesterday.

The offender, who was wearing a white-hooded fleece jacket, stole a sum of cash and fled on foot.

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KEYWORD: GUN

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