El Centro Police arrested a suspect in a robbery at a fast food restaurant Friday morning.

The robbery occurred at about 1:49 a.m. at a Jack-In-The Box on S. Cottonwood Circle when a man armed with a knife took several hundred dollars. El Centro Police were able to locate a suspect a short time later and several witnesses were able to identify him as the robber. The 30-year old man was arrested and booked at Imperial County Jail on armed robbery charges. The money taken was recovered.