Police have arrested a man today following the investigation of two armed robberies at Booval.
It will be alleged around 8:20am a man produced a cut-throat razor at the male victim on Clifton Street, Booval and demanded his wallet, emptying the contents on the ground, taking an eftpos card and fled on foot.
The 61-year-old male victim was not injured.
Then around 8:30am it is alleged the man entered a retail store on South Station Road, Booval and attempted to buy a survival knife using the stolen eftpos card which was declined.
The man tried to leave without making payment and was stopped by a male employee and a male customer.
The man then assaulted the store employee at the door and went outside into the carpark where he assaulted another male customer with a small wooden club before fleeing on foot in the direction of Elliott Street, Booval.
The 38-year-old employee and the 47-year-old customer
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