August 17, 2016
Detectives are reviewing CCTV footage of an attempted armed robbery at Ryke Fuel in Kingaroy on Tuesday night.
Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Duane Frank, said police were pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.
He said two men entered the service station just after 9:00pm and challenged the employee on duty.
Snr Sgt Frank said one of the men produced a tomahawk and brandished it.
“Words were exchanged between the employee and the offenders,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
The would-be robbers then ran off empty-handed.
“There was no physical confrontation and nothing was stolen,” Snr Sgt Frank said.
Anyone who may have seen anything or anyone in the area has been asked to contact Kingaroy Police on (07) 4160-4900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1800-333-000.
Earlier:
Kingaroy detectives are investigating an attempted hold-up at a Kingaroy service station on Tuesday night.
It is the third time this year the United Petroleum (Ryke Fuel) service station in Youngman Street has been targeted, however this time the would-be thieves did not escape with any cash.
The station immediately went into lockdown about 9:30pm, with customers turned away while police secured the premises.
The owners of the business installed new security arrangements after the earlier hold-ups, which occurred on April 7 and April 15.
At the time, police were “almost convinced” it was the same man who robbed the station twice in just over a week.
On the first occasion the offender was armed with a large machete and the second time with a tyre lever.
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