Man in custody after service station robbery prompts police helicopter search near Devonport, Australia

Police said they were first notified about the man shortly after 9am on Sunday, when they received reports he was "acting erratically" on Macfie Street in Devonport. Police said a service station in Railton, about 22 kilometres south of Devonport, was robbed just before 10am, with a quantity of cash taken from the premises.

They said members of the public reported he was "knocking on doors and demanding keys to their vehicles" before he left the scene in a white Toyota.