Detectives investigating an alleged home invasion at Armidale last month have arrested and charged a man.

On Saturday 5 September 2015, four males allegedly forced entry to a home on McDonald Drive armed with firearms.

The group allegedly threatened the occupants – a man and woman who were at home with their infant child – and demanded cash.

They fled with money and jewellery.

Police were alerted and officers from New England Local Area Command attended and commenced inquiries as part of Strike Force Inga.

Following extensive inquiries, a 20-year-old man was arrested at a home on Drummond Avenue at Armidale just before 6am (Wednesday 14 October 2015).

He was taken to Armidale Police Station where he was charged with being armed with a dangerous weapon, as well as an outstanding arrest warrant, and appeared at Armidale Local Court.

He was refused bail to re-appear in Armidale Local Court on 19 October 2015.

Inquiries by Strike Force Inga into alleged armed robberies in Armidale continue.