CCTV released as investigation into armed robbery continues – Hunter Region

Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have released CCTV footage as they continue to investigate an alleged armed robbery in the state’s Hunter region last year. Shortly after 12.15am on Friday 30 September 2022, officers from Hunter Valley Police District were called to a licensed premises on Cessnock Road in Weston, about 10km east of Cessnock, after reports of an armed robbery. Police were told two unknown males – both armed with machetes – entered the business and confronted patrons, before there was a physical altercation. One of the patrons – a 48-year-old man – was struck with a machete, causing a laceration...