Update: Armed robbery in Harristown, QLD

Police have charged a woman after an alleged armed robbery of a Harristown chemist yesterday.

It will be alleged around 9.00 am a woman entered the Drayton Road store armed with a star picket and demanded cash. The woman has hit a female staff member with the star picket to the left side of her face.

The woman fled the store with a quantity of cash.

Police attended and a woman was apprehended a short distance away in possession of cash and a star picket.

The staff member received bruising and an abrasion to the face.

A 19-year-old Newtown woman has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, assault occasioning bodily harm and enter premises with intent.

She will appear at the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today, February 6.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.

You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP1900249411

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