A man has been charged following a series of alleged armed robberies overnight which culminated in a standoff with police at a Southport service station.
It will be alleged at around 7.45pm a man armed with a firearm threatened a male taxi driver and forced him to drive to a service station located on Ferry Road.
The man allegedly struck a glass door of the business with the firearm, causing it to shatter before threatening a console operator who handed him a sum of cash from the till.
He then demanded the keys to a Holden Astra and fled the scene in the vehicle.
It is further alleged the man drove about 500 metres south to a different service station on Ferry Road where he stole another car at gunpoint, a Kia Sportage.
The vehicle was spotted by POLAIR1 a short time later and tracked as the man allegedly stole a third car at the
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