Officers from Dutton Park Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a man following a break and enter and armed robbery incident in Cannon Hill on 10 September.
Around 11.22pm, police were called to a McKie Crescent residence after a man allegedly broke a glass door to gain entry and made verbal demands for money.
It will be alleged a firearm was discharged striking the ceiling inside the house. The resident retreated into a bedroom before the man allegedly stole keys from the house. He then fled in a vehicle he had arrived in.
A search warrant was executed at a Mooloolah Valley address where ammunition and two firearms were allegedly found.
A 25-year-old Mooloolah Valley man was charged with 12 offences including three counts of possession of dangerous drugs, two counts each of unlawful possession of weapons and authority required to possess explosives (ammunition) and one count each of enter dwelling with intent at night and robbery with violence.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Caloundra Magistrates Court on 14 September.
Investigations are ongoing.
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