A 30-year-old Macgregor man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff at the Woden JB Hi-Fi store with a butane blowtorch.
Police say the man picked up a display vacuum and carried it around the store on Tuesday afternoon. When approached, he allegedly held up a butane blowtorch towards staff and threatened them.
The man left the store with the vacuum after again threatening security staff.
Police arrested the man on Wednesday morning in a bathroom at Westfield Woden.
He was charged with aggravated robbery (offensive weapon).
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