Police outside the Fairfield Store and Takeaways on Friday. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Acting Senior Sergeant Ian Temple, from the Southern District Command Centre, says the man is also likely to face more charges relating to a two week period of alleged offending before the robbery.
The Fairfield Store and Takeaways in Main Rd was robbed about 2pm on Friday. Police said a man wearing dark clothing and a mask, wielding an axe and carrying a bag, entered the store and demanded cigarettes and cash.
He smashed the door of an ice cream fridge and left the shop empty-handed.
