Police investigate Kew armed robbery

Box Hill Embona detectives are investigating following an armed robbery in Kew on 2 November, Victoria Police say.

Investigators have been told a 20-year-old Pascoe Vale man had arranged to meet with two men he had spoken to via a classifieds website.

The three met on Gellibrand Street about 7.40pm and the victim got into a car to chat with the pair.

Once inside, one of the men produced a machete and the victim received a minor laceration to his neck.

The two men fled with an amount of money in a white older model Holden Commodore.

The men were perceived as being African in appearance and aged in their early to mid-20s.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

 

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