Two men, after getting away with robbing the Don Quijote store in Waipahu at gunpoint Monday, tried to pull the same stickup two nights later, but were foiled by a security guard Wednesday night, according to police.

A 26-year-old Kaneohe man is in custody after a security guard recognized him as the suspect who allegedly pulled a handgun on him Monday night and left without paying for some merchandise.

Police said the suspect returned to the store at 9 p.m. Wednesday and again tried to leave the Waipahu store without paying for liquor.

When the security guard tried to stop him, the suspect brandished a handgun as he had done Monday night, police said.

The suspect fled in a black pickup truck that police said was stolen a week ago, but was found by a patrol unit a few blocks away.

The 26-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery and several firearms and contempt charges.

The driver of the stolen truck remains at large.