Police have charged a man as part of an ongoing investigation into armed robberies in the state’s north-west late last year.
Officers from Oxley Police District established Strike Force Chowan to investigate armed robberies at Narrabri and Oxley Vale in late September 2019.
About 4.40am on Thursday, September 26, 2019, two men entered a service station on the Newell Highway at Narrabri and allegedly threatened an employee with a knife before leaving the scene with cash and cigarettes.
Three days later, a man entered a supermarket on Manilla Road, Oxley Vale, and allegedly threatened two employees with a knife before stealing cash and cigarettes about 6.40pm on Sunday, September 29, 2019.
Following extensive investigations, and a public appeal for information, strike force detectives arrested a 28-year-old man at Narrabri Police Station about 1.45pm on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
The Narrabri man was charged with two counts of robbery armed with an offensive weapon.
He was refused bail and was due to appear in Inverell Local Court yesterday, Wednesday, September 23.
Investigations under Strike Force Chowan are continuing.
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