Two men and a woman have been charged with armed robberies at Altona North and Williamstown late last year.
Detectives from the Altona North Embona Armed Robbery Taskforce swooped on a Newport house early Wednesday morning, arresting two men and a woman in relation to a robbery at a McDonald’s restaurant last November and a bottle shop in Douglas Parade in December.
It is alleged two bandits wielding a gun and a knife entered the McDonald’s restaurant at the corner of Blackshaws and Millers roads in Altona North at 1.50am on Sunday, November 26.
Two men brandishing firearms allegedly entered a bottle shop in Douglas Parade, Williamstown, shortly before 10pm on Saturday, December 23, pointing them at the attendant.
Cash was stolen in both robberies.
A white Toyota Corolla believed to have been used in connection with the armed robberies was seized from the Newport property on Wednesday.
Police could be seen carrying bags of evidence from the house.
A 26-year-old man has been charged with two counts of armed robbery and remanded.
A second man, 22, has been charged with armed robbery and theft and was bailed.
A woman, 25, was charged with two counts of armed robbery and was also bailed.
All three, from Newport, are scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on August 22.
