Thugs flee with K150,000 from two ANZ ATMs

ROBBERS threatened to shoot some staff of the ANZ Bank if they refused to surrender the combination numbers that would unlock two automatic teller machines (ATMs) at the RH Hypermarket building in Port Moresby.
After obtaining the code, three robbers went to the ATM outlet along with one of the ANZ employees while their accomplices watched over the others.
The robbers took about K150,000 from the two machines and released all the five employees.
The incident occurred last Friday morning, when six ANZ employees from the bank’s Waigani branch went to the RH Hypermart building in Gordon to top up the machines with cash.
As they were returning to their vehicle, five men in police uniform accosted them and forced them into a van with tinted glass.
The robbers also took the ANZ vehicle and drove to a location behind the Defence Force Air Transport Wing, where they threatened the workers.
Police have interviewed the workers to gather information, which they hope will lead them to the criminals.
Meanwhile, the ANZ management said in a statement that it had increased security at all its branches and ATM outlets throughout the country.