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Lusaka: 4 bandits snatch K10, 000 on gunpoint

By JOHN SAKALA
Four bandits have snatched K10, 000 cash from one of the shops at Lusaka’s Makeni Villa.

The robbery was staged after the suspects were furnished with information of the money at the shop by an insider.

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has told The Independent Observer that the quartet attacked a cashier and thereafter got away with K10, 000 cash.

Ms Katongo said after investigations police traced some conniving elements in one of the employee who has been arrested.

‘We pursued the suspects and managed to arrest one. The four suspects who were on foot armed with a gun raided a shop. The aggravated robbery happened last night yesterday October 18, 2018 around 19 00 hours.

“The suspect is detained in Police custody. Investigations in the matter have continued and a manhunt has been launched to bring other suspects to book,” he said.

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