Hunt on for bank heist gang
2008-06-11 16:23
Bloemfontein - Welkom police were on Wednesday searching for three armed men and a woman who robbed a local bank of an undisclosed amount of money.
Free State police spokesperson Puleng Motsoeneng said the robbers entered the bank around 14:00 on Tuesday.
"It was alleged that the suspects were armed with pistols and hammers which they used to break the security glass."
Motsoeneng said the gang held the cashiers at gunpoint and took an undisclosed amount of money. They fled the scene in a white Nissan Almera.
Nobody was injured.
- SAPA