text: A cross-dressing robber who allegedly held up a northwest Melbourne service station with a homemade machine gun is in custody. Wearing a blonde curly wig, red lipstick, a mauve skirt and wide brimmed hat, the man allegedly robbed the Taylors Hill store last month, police say. He allegedly confronted a female cashier with what appeared to be a homemade machine gun he pulled out of a bag before making off with cash. Scroll down for video . This is the moment an unsuspecting shop assistant came face to face with a man dressed as a woman brandishing a fake firearm during a robbery in Watervale, Victoria . A 23-year-old Taylors Hill man was arrested over the incident on Thursday and charged with one count of armed robbery . Police said on Friday a 23-year-old Taylors Hill man was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of armed robbery. He was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court at a later date . A police statement said that investigators were told the cross-dressing robber entered the service station on Taylors Road in Taylors Hill just before 7.30pm. The man walked to a drink fridge and after browsing what was on sale he went to the counter where he confronted a female staff member. The man was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court at a later date . As the shop assistant looks on the robber reaches down into the black bag he's been carrying . The robber pulls out what appears to be a fake machine gun from his bag . He suddenly produced what appeared to be an imitation machine gun from a black bag and demanded the money from the till. The staff member handed over a quantity of cash which the robber placed in a bag, along with the fake firearm, and made his exit from the store. Other customers were in the store at the time of the robbery, however no one was injured during the incident. Pointing the fake machine gun directly at the shop assistant he demands the money from the till . The terrified shop assistant does what they're told and opens the till to give the robber the cash . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
target: The cross dressing robber from Taylors Hill is in police custody .
  The 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with armed robbery .
  The robbery took place at a service station in Watervale in March .
  A man dressed in female clothing produced a fake machine gun .
  The staff member handed over the cash which the robber placed in a bag .