East Gippsland Criminal Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 39-year-old man following an alleged armed robbery at a general store in Nicholson on 19 January.
It is alleged a man armed with a machete entered a store on the Princes Highway at 10.20am where he threatened staff members and stole cash.
A Bairnsdale man has been charged with armed robbery and possess prohibited weapon.
He will appear at court later today.
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