At about 1250h. today, the police say that four men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, entered the Bank of Baroda at Mon Repos, ECD, and held up the lone female private security guard on duty and took away her .32 service revolver.
During the incident which lasted for about five minutes the men then held up the two female tellers and took away an undisclosed amount of cash and escaped in a waiting silver grey/off white premio motor vehicle bearing false registration plate PNN 8984.
The police say they quickly responded to the report received and strategic road blocks have been established and anti-crime patrols alerted. Crime Intelligence Units have also been activated.
