Armed robbers nab £38.50

THIEVES armed with what was believed to be a fake gun staged a midday robbery at the Polemidhia Co-op yesterday, getting away with the grand total of £38.50.

According to police, two unknown men approached employees of the Co-op at around 12.15pm as they were arriving at the bank with a bag of uncashable cheques worth £200,000, bank books and £38.50 in cash.

The two employees had been to Nicosia to the central offices of the co-op banks to exchange the cheques for cash and had just returned to Polemidhia. Nicosia was unable to give them the cash.

Just as their car pulled up outside their building a red motorbike with two passengers approached them. One of the two masked men fired a shot in the air, the other grabbed the bag and they sped away.

Police believe the gun was fake because no shells were found in the area.

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