Police have charged a 32-year-old Palmwoods man following investigations into multiple property crime offences on 12 July.
Around 9pm on 12 July, it is alleged the 32-year-old man approached another man with a bladed weapon outside a business on Alice Street in Maryborough and demanded keys to a Toyota Hilux before stealing the vehicle.
Around 11pm on 12 July, the man allegedly entered a home on Maroochy Circuit in Yandina, threatened the residents with a bladed weapon and demanded keys to a Volkswagen Golf at the property.
The man allegedly stole the Volkswagen and drove south on the Bruce Highway.
Polair tracked the vehicle allegedly driving dangerously on the Bruce Highway towards Caboolture, through Burpengary and Deception Bay.
Police, with the assistance of specialist officers, located and arrested the man at a property on Palmwoods School Road in Palmwoods around 11.30pm on 13 July.
The stolen Toyota was located at the Yandina address and the stolen Volkswagen was located at the Palmwoods address. Both vehicles have been seized by police.
A 32-year-old Palmwoods man has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and dangerous operation of a vehicle.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to reappear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on September 8.
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