A teenage boy has been charged after a driver was allegedly robbed at knifepoint in Springfield lakes this evening.
It will be alleged at around 4.55pm a 36-year-old man operating as part of a ride-sharing service transported a 15-year-old boy from Durack to a shopping centre on Commercial Drive.
Upon arrival the boy allegedly produced a knife and ordered the driver out of his car.
It is further alleged the 15-year-old drove the vehicle into the shopping centre, took the man's wallet from the car and attended a supermarket where he purchased a number of items.
Police attended the scene and arrested a boy a short time later.
A 15-year-old Camira boy has been charged with two counts of fraud and one count each of armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and driving unlicensed.
