NSW: Three men hold up financial institution

AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2006
NSW: Three men hold up financial institution

SYDNEY, April 1 AAP - Three men are on the run after an armed robbery at a financial
institution on the NSW mid-north coast.

Police say a man held a gun on the staff of the financial institution on Union Street,
Bowraville at around 1.05pm (AEDT) yesterday, while another man jumped the counter and
assaulted a staff member before collecting money from a number of tellers.

Witnesses told police the men left the crime scene in an older model, yellow or cream,
Holden Commodore driven by a fourth person.

One of the men is described as about 25 years old, of Aboriginal appearance, wearing
a red cap, blue shirt with white trim and running shoes with no socks.

A second man was said to be wearing a white t-shirt, blue shorts and a white striped
jumper over his head,

The third man was wearing a long sleeved, hooded coat and blue knee-length shorts with
a white pin stripe.

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KEYWORD: FINANCIAL

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