Robber runs off with rubbish

A quick thinking shop worker handed a would-be thief bags of rubbish after she was threatened during an attempted robbery in north Queensland last night.

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Published 17 August 2010 9:06am

Updated 24 February 2015 3:00pm

Source: AAP

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Police say the female worker was at the rear of the Abbott St store in suburban Townsville around 8.30pm (AEST) when a man approached her and demanded money.

She handed the man the bags she was about to put in the rubbish bin, and the man ran away.

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Police are investigating.

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