Crime
5 bank robbers run out of luck, 4 caught alive
The operatives of the FCT Police Command along with some soldiers of the Joint Task Force have ended the siege at the First Bank in Mpape, Abuja, which started Saturday morning.
Three of the four robbers trapped in the back of the bank were arrested,and one shot dead while trying to escape.
An insider in the bank was also arrested, based on the robbers’ allegation.
The police, in an official reaction, said the FCT Command scuttled the attempted robbery at about 1200hrs.
ASP Yusuf Mariam, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement, said: “Police Operatives were immediately deployed to the scene and engaged in crossfire with the robbers thereby foiling the attack on the bank with the back up of the Military.
“Consequently, Four suspects were arrested and one shot dead while trying to escape. The Commissioner of Police has ordered a discreet investigation of the incident”, the spokesman said.
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