A 51-year-old man has been arrested and charged over an historic aggravated robbery and stolen motor vehicle incident that occurred in Como back in October 2000.
At the time a white Holden Commodore sedan was reported stolen to police from a shopping centre at the intersection of High Road and Willeri Drive in Riverton.
It will be alleged the man, accompanied by two unknown persons, attended a supermarket on Manning Road in the stolen Holden Commodore, armed with weapons.
He was allegedly involved in attempting to steal a cash register from the premises but following some physical resistance from staff members, was unsuccessful in stealing the item.
The group then allegedly fled the scene in the stolen car, before dumping it around 450 metres away where it was found by police.
On February 4, 2026, the now 51-year-old was arrested and charged with stealing a motor vehicle and armed robbery in company.
He appeared in court on February 5 and was remanded to appear again on May 28.
Detective Senior Sergeant of Cold Case Investigations Luke Fowler said reinvestigations using modern policing techniques often furthered matters and, like in this case, result in an arrest.
The investigation into this incident remains ongoing, and detectives are searching for the other two men also allegedly involved.
One was described at the time of the incident as being 185 centimetres tall and of thin build, wearing a dark long sleeve top dark long trousers, and was holding a baton made of electrical cable.
The other was described at the time of the incident as having light curly and collar length hair.
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