Prevalence of armed robberies committed after bank transaction points to need for better awareness

Armed robberies committed on persons exiting city banks with large sums of money have been ongoing for a number of years, with four such cases recorded recently and it would appear that these crimes are carried out by gangs who are supplied with information.

Often victims sustain life-threatening injuries, which in many, if not most cases, are the outcome of them fighting off their attackers, trying to escape or raising an alarm.

A senior police official recently related to Stabroek News that the perpetrators