A 19-year-old man is due in a Dartmouth court this morning to face charges after an alleged robbery at knifepoint.
Police say patrol members responded to a Needs Convenience store on Baker Drive just after 9 p.m. last night.
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They say a woman working alone at the store told them a man wearing a mask and holding a knife came in and demanded cash and cigarettes.
They say the employee was not injured and the suspect fled with cash and cigarettes.
READ: 33-year-old man charged after alleged robbery: Halifax police
They say a teenager known to police was arrested without incident a short time later.
He is due in Dartmouth provincial court to face charges of robbery and breach of a recognizance.
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