A teenager has been arrested and charged over an alleged robbery at a Newcastle restaurant last year.
It's alleged the 16-year-old boy threatened staff at Thai Town eatery in the Marketown shopping centre with a knife, and demanded bottles of alcohol just before 10pm on October 1st last year.
Police searched a home at Wallsend yesterday morning, and seized several items of clothing they believed to be relevant to their investigation.
The boy was arrested at the property and taken to Waratah Police Station.
He was charged with one count of robbery while armed with an offensive weapon.
He was granted bail and will face children's court next month.