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RAYMOND JARAVAZA, [email protected]

IN addition to the US$4 442 000 that was grabbed by armed robbers from a Safeguard security team in a bank heist at Eco Bank on Thursday afternoon, the suspects also made off with three guns belonging to the security company.

The guns have been identified by police as two pistols and a shotgun.

“Three of the Cash in Transit details were armed with a shotgun, which had two rounds of ammunition, a pistol (make and type unknown) with ten rounds and a Canik 9mm pistol with five rounds.

“The accused persons approached the Cash in Transit team and assaulted the details with the butt of AK 47 rifles they were carrying and disarmed the security team. The accused ordered the security team to lie down on their stomachs and warned them against raising any alarm.

“The security team complied and the accused persons took away their guns. The accused persons dragged three trunks that had cash, loaded them into a gate away vehicle and drove off at high speed. The accused persons also took away the three guns which they had taken from the security team,” said Bulawayo acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele.

Police are worried the three guns might be used to commit other armed robberies.

CCTV footage of the heist that was completed in one minute 49 seconds has since emerged.https://www.chronicle.co.zw/watch-cctv-footage-of-bulawayos-4million-heist-shows-meticulous-execution-of-robbery/

The licence plates of the getaway car was also captured on camera.https://www.chronicle.co.zw/licence-plate-of-getaway-vehicle-in-bulawayo-4million-heist-captured-on-camera/