Police appeal for information after string of armed robberies goes unsolved

Police have released shocking footage of the moment three offenders entered multiple bottle shops scattered across Toowoomba brandishing a large knife.

Darling Downs detectives have released CCTV footage of three offenders who robbed several Toowoomba bottle shops in the hope the witnesses will come forward.

Just before 8.30pm on Saturday, May 6, a man armed with a knife entered the Wilsonton Hotel bottle shop on Richmond Drive store in Wilsonton, threatening the 20-year-old male attendant and demanding cash.

The man filled his backpack with a quantity of alcohol and money before leaving on foot.

At about 9.30pm, the same man, accompanied by a female, approached a drive-through bottle shop at the Stock Exchange Hotel in Harristown where he threatened a 27-year-old male staff member with a knife.

Police are looking for a man is believed to be aged in his 20s, approximately 170cm tall with tanned complexion and a proportionate build who they allege robbed three Toowoomba bottle shops on May 6 and 8.

The attendant complied, and the man left the scene with a sum of cash.

On Thursday, May 8, just before 7.30pm, three people, including an armed man believed to be involved in the previous incidents, entered the Dan Murphy’s bottle shop in South Toowoomba, stealing cash and alcohol.

One of the offenders threatened a cashier while another collected several bottles of spirit and third acted as a lookout.

The man is believed to be aged in his 20s, approximately 170cm tall with tanned complexion and a proportionate build.

Police have released CCTV of the incidents, and are appealing to anyone who recognises the man or his accomplices to come forward.

Phone Policelink on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Originally published as Police appeal for information after string of armed robberies goes unsolved