Police are investigating following two armed robberies at licensed premises in Rockhampton this morning.
At around 12.30am a man entered a hotel on Upper Dawson Road armed with a tyre iron and approached the counter.
He then threatened a bartender with the weapon, demanding money.
The bartender complied and handed over a sum of cash from the till.
The man then fled the business, escaping in a silver sedan.
He is described as 175cm tall with short dark hair, dark eyes and was wearing a black baseball cap, bandanna with a black pattern on grey background, a black, white and grey horizontal stripe collared shirt, beige chino pants, black shoes and possibly black gloves.
At around 5am this morning three men armed with knives entered a tavern on Kent Street and demanded money.
The trio, who were wearing black face masks as well as white, red and grey hooded jumpers, escaped the premises in a white van
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