Australia's dumbest criminal? Thug leaves licence crime scene, cops nab him just 30 minutes later

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Police were called to the liquor store after the 30-year-old man allegedly threatened a 39-year-old female employee with a knife while demanding money.

Published: 00:55 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 01:51 GMT, 11 November 2026

A man has been arrested over an alleged armed robbery at a bottle shop in NSW's Hunter Region after police say they found his driver's licence at the scene.

NSW Police were called to the Cessnock Road shop in Weston about 1pm on Tuesday after a 30-year-old man allegedly threatened a 39-year-old bottle shop worker with a knife and demanded money.

But Hunter Valley detectives said the man had left his driver's licence in the shop, which was seized for forensic examination.

He was arrested at a home on Aberdare Street in Kurri Kurri about 30 minutes after the incident.

The man was taken to Cessnock Police Station and charged with robbery armed with an offensive weapon.

He was refused bail and will appear at Bail Division Court 2 on Wednesday.

A man has been arrested for an alleged armed robbery at a bottle shop in NSW's Hunter Region after police say they found his driver's licence at the scene (stock image)

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