NATIONAL
Robbers blow up two ATMs at Putatan bank, flee with cash
The men blew up two automated teller machines, and fled with a quantity of cash.
Five men, masked and armed with sharp objects, blew up two automated teller machines at a bank here early today and fled with a quantity of cash, police said.
Sabah CID chief Datuk Salehhuddin (rpt) Salehhuddin Abdul Rahman said they had held up the security guard at knife-point in the robbery at 4.20am and fled in a Perodua Viva car.
He said policemen on duty at a police post nearby rushed to the bank upon hearing the explosions.
"They found that the robbers had blown up two ATMs and taken with them a quantity of cash," he told reporters at the scene.
Salehhuddin said the police did not rule out the possibility that the same men had staged a robbery at an ATM in Membakut district in April.
He said police had set up a special team for the investigation and would conduct an 'Op Tutup' operation to trace the robbers.
Sabah CID chief Datuk Salehhuddin (rpt) Salehhuddin Abdul Rahman said they had held up the security guard at knife-point in the robbery at 4.20am and fled in a Perodua Viva car.
He said policemen on duty at a police post nearby rushed to the bank upon hearing the explosions.
"They found that the robbers had blown up two ATMs and taken with them a quantity of cash," he told reporters at the scene.
Salehhuddin said the police did not rule out the possibility that the same men had staged a robbery at an ATM in Membakut district in April.
He said police had set up a special team for the investigation and would conduct an 'Op Tutup' operation to trace the robbers.