Detectives have charged a man over an alleged attempted robbery at a bank on the Central Coast last year.
Just after 3.30pm on Monday 28 October 2019, a man entered a bank in a shopping plaza on The Entrance Road, Erina, and demanded money from the teller.
After an alarm was activated, the man fled empty handed in a silver Audi B6 sedan.
Police from Brisbane Water Police District attended and commenced an investigation.
The State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad took carriage of the matter under Strike Force Campbellfield.
Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at a home in Kahibah, about 10km south west of Newcastle, about 8.30am today (Friday 3 January 2020).
During the search, police located a silver Audi B6, prescription medication, and a tablet press in the garage.
A 26-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Belmont Police Station, where he was charged with demand property with menaces with intent to steal, possess/attempt to prescribed restricted substance and possess tablet press or drug encapsulator.
He was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Bail Court tomorrow (Saturday 4 January 2020).
Police are urging anyone with information that may assist Strike Force Campbellfield detectives to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/
Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our social media pages.
