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Armed robbery charge

26/03/2009

POLICE have charged a 31-year-old Langwarrin man with committing an armed robbery at a Cranbourne bank last week.
Police charged him after an incident at the bank on High Street about 11.45am on 19 March during which a man produced a firearm and demanded cash.
Frankston detectives arrested the man in Karingal on Monday and seized a firearm and a vehicle.
The man was remanded in custody to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

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