Around 1.45pm this afternoon staff in the Derwent Park Pharmacy, on Main Road Glenorchy were confronted by a male person armed with a knife demanding money.  Staff complied with this person’s demands who then left the store.

The Newsagency diagonally across the road has then been subjected to armed demands from a male person who after confronting staff has left following which a report has been received from MacDonald’s Restaurant advising a male person armed with a hatchet has threatened staff within that store.

Attending uniform police have then confronted a male person at the intersection of Derwent Park Road and Main Road Glenorchy and taken him into custody.

It is believed the offender, having left the Newsagency, has then visited K and D Hardware on Derwent Park Road before moving to MacDonald’s. 

Investigating Detectives from Glenorchy CIB would like to speak to any person who may have seen a male person dressed in a brown top and blue jeans in the vicinity of Main Road Glenorchy between Amiens Avenue and Derwent Park between 1.45pm and 2pm today. 

This person is approximately 6 foot tall and at one stage may have been carrying a small axe, similar to a hatchet.  He could also have had a fluorescent jacket on, at a time closer to 2pm, which he did not have earlier.

The male person detained by police will appear in court either late this evening or more probably Sunday the 17^th of March in the morning.