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Armed robbery Tee to tranquility
DAYLIGHT bank robbery
whilst not unknown around the more dangerous parts of the world, doesn’t often hit coastal towns like Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
On the morning of Wednesday June 21, however this is exactly what happened as it appears that two or possibly three masked and armed men decided to make an unscheduled withdrawal from a branch of the Sabadell Bank.
Having managed to make a hole in the wall between the bank situated in Calle Alcalde Clemente Díaz and a building next door, they awaited the arrival of the bank staff and then got them to open the vault which is on a time lock.
Initially it was thought that they had taken hostages, but this seems not to have been the case as once the vault was open the staff were left to call in the raid.
Although it is believed that the robbers have taken a significant amount of money from the bank before making their escape, this has not yet been confirmed. As soon as the Local and National Police were alerted to the fact of the robbery, they scrambled at least one helicopter and officers cordoned off the area as they commenced their search for the crooks.
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