Wamuran man charged over Margate armed robbery and Kilcoy chase

A 31-year-old Wamuran man has been charged over an armed robbery at Margate on Sunday 11 October, and police are still investigating.

Police allege three people entered a business on Oxley Avenue around 9pm and threatened employees with knives. It will be further alleged they took a quantity of cash and left in a grey Toyota Landcruiser.

Investigators later spotted the vehicle at Kilcoy, where tyre deflation devices were successfully deployed just before 10.20pm. Police allege two people got out on Esk Kilcoy Road before the vehicle stopped near the Hermens Road intersection, and the driver tried to flee on foot.

He was apprehended by the Moreton Dog Squad a short time later. A man and a woman were also taken into custody nearby.

The Wamuran man has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, stealing, threatening violence, common assault, dangerous operation of a vehicle while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, and obstruct police. He has been remanded in custody to face court on 21 October.

Anyone with dashcam vision from the area at the time is urged to contact police. Quote reference numbers QP2602014636, QP2602015464 and QP2602014858.

Information can be provided to Policelink 24 hours a day via the online suspicious activity form on the Queensland Police website. Crime information can also be reported anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or through the Crime Stoppers Queensland website.