‘Gangster film’ drug hold-up bailies police

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 1

‘Gangster film’ drug hold-up bailies police

Christchurch dctecthcs arc still seeking Iho armed men nho robbed a Kangiora doctor of narcotics and about S6O on Saturday exeninj*.

I lie intruders, one carry ini* a shotgun and the other a knife, interrupted a dinner party being held h\ Dr \. P. ('otter, of 15(1 High Street, Rangiora.

Dr Cotter was met byl 1"o men wearing stocking masks w hen he answered a knock at the front door of his home about 10.35 p.m. While the man with the knife held Mrs Cotter and two guests in ■ the diningroom, the other pointed the shotgun at the doctor and demanded the contents of his medical safe. The hold-up. which lasted, about 15 minutes, was “like; something out ot a gangster movie.” Mrs Cotter said 1 ■ esterday. “They did not threaten to' hurt us. but it was pretty frightening.” she 'aid. As well as taking nar-

I colics from the safe, the ■thieves escaped with Dr Cot Iter's surgical bag and about $6O After ushering the doctor back into the dining-room they ran off — smashing the receiver of a downstairs telephone as they left. Detectives worked on the. case yesterday. but no arrests had been made by late last evening, said Detective Sergeant C. T. Dalzell, { Description* One of the robbers was ■described as a European. ;aged between 20 and 30. j 'about sft 10m. with a fair complexion and mediumlength brown hair He was wearing blue denim jeans and a dark tacket.

Ihe second man was! : thought to be aged between 17 and 20. sft sin, of medium build, with shoulder-length ! dark hair.