Woman had withdrawn from three banks

Gun-toting bandits yesterday morning snatched $3M cash and an undisclosed amount of jewellery from a woman moments after she had left a city bank.

The woman had earlier withdrawn substantial amounts of cash from two banks and had just collected $500, 000 from a third when the two armed men confronted her.

Police said last evening that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred about 10:30 am at Charlotte Street, Georgetown, during which Michelle Sam of West Ruimveldt was attacked and robbed by two men, both of whom were armed with handguns.

According to a police press release investigations have so far revealed that the victim had gone to two city banks and withdrawn a total of $2.5 million which she placed in a bag on the back seat of her motor vehicle. She then went to another bank and withdrew a further $500,000. This was after leaving the rest of the money ($2.5M) in her vehicle.

The release added that as Sam was approaching her vehicle, she was confronted by the two armed men who held her up and took away all the cash, her jewellery and her car key before escaping.
Up to press time no one had been held.