Second arrest in bank robbery
Two Christchurch detectives flew to Wellington on Saturday to bring back the second man arrested after the $16,500 robbery of the Bank of New Zealand’s Woolston agency last Tuesday. The other man, aged 27, was arrested in Christchurch early on Saturday morning after a team of detectives, led by Detective Inspector N. J. Stokes, had wori.ed through the night. -He was remanded in custody to today at a brief special sitting of the District Court.
The man arrested in Wellington is aged 22. Both will appear in the District Court this morning charged with the robbery. Mr Stokes said that the police had recovered sums of money, but not the full $16,505 stolen, from “various locations” around Christchurch.
In Wellington, detectives had recovered travellers’ cheques. Yesterday a team of police were searching an area of bush near Maruia Springs for items which were possibly connected with the hold-up, said Mr Stokes.
He said thaj the police were not looking for any other person in connection with the robbery.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810511.2.5
Bibliographic details
Press, 11 May 1981, Page 1
Word Count
173Second arrest in bank robbery Press, 11 May 1981, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in