A third man has been charged after investigations into an armed robbery in Cardiff earlier this year.

He was arrested yesterday (Wednesday 23 March) after police attended a home in Edgeworth.

On arrival, the 27-year-old man led police on a short foot pursuit and attempted to evade them by swimming through a nearby creek.

He was located hiding in nearby bushland a short time later, then arrested and taken to Toronto Police Station.

The man has since been charged with robbery while armed with dangerous weapon and four counts of drive motor vehicle during disqualification period.

Police will allege in court that he was one of three responsible for the incident that occurred on Tuesday 25 January.

At about 12.20am two masked men – one armed with a handgun and the other with a meat clever – entered a licensed premises on Main Road, Cardiff and threatened two employees before taking a cash register and fleeing.

Police were told they left in a blue Ford Falcon sedan, last seen heading east on Main Street.

Although shaken, the employees – a 52-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman – were not physically injured and contacted police.

Initial inquiries were conducted by officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District before the matter was referred to detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad under Strike Force Hawksview.

So far during the investigation, strike force detectives have charged two other men – aged 32 and 33 – over their alleged roles in the incident. They remain before the courts.

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