Police investigating an alleged armed robbery at Runcorn yesterday evening have charged one girl and six boys, Queensland Police say.
At about 8.30pm, it is alleged several teenagers attended a service station on Compton Road in a stolen vehicle.
It is alleged one of the juveniles used a hammer to smash the glass sliding door allowing the others to enter the business.
It is further alleged one of the juveniles removed a quantity of cash and other items of property prior to them all leaving in the stolen vehicle.
Not long afterwards, police and Polair located the stolen vehicle travelling south in the Logan division.
The stolen vehicle stopped in Herses Road, Eagleby where five male teenagers exited the vehicle and ran from the scene.
The five were tracked and located by Dog Squad officers and taken into custody without incident.
Polair continued to monitor the stolen vehicle before it stopped underneath an overpass on Armstrong Road, Loganlea. Police arrested the 14-year-old male driver and 13-year-old female passenger as they exited the vehicle.
A 13-year-old Eagleby girl, 13-year-old Marden boy, 14-year-old Woodridge boy, 13-year-old Camira boy, 15-year-old Loganlea boy, 14-year-old Kingston boy and a 13-year-old Kingston boy have all been charged with one count each of armed robbery in company and unlawful use of the motor vehicle.
No one was injured during the incident.
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