A man who robbed Kanbawza Bank Branch 37 in Maha Aungmye Township, Mandalay has been arrested in the morning of February 22, a police officer of No. 9 Myanmar Police Force Station in Maha Aungmyay Township confirmed to One News.
A man wearing a mask and riding a Super Cup motorbike arrived at the bank, entered the bank, brandished a gun and ran away with more than Ks.110 million. After the police force had conducted a cordon and search operation, the perpetrator Thein Zaw Oo ( 54 years) was arrested at No.120 Street between No. 68(B) and 68(C) together with Ks.109.8 million in cash and other evidence used in the robbery.
“ The perpetrator was arrested. He committed the robbery as he needed money. Only some of the items were confiscated. The perpetrator was a delivery man and it was a solo robbery,” said a police officer from the No. (9) Police Station in Maha Aung Myay Township. On January 11, a solo person armed with a homemade pistol entered the same bank branch in Mandalay, where the robbery took place, and he was surrounded and arrested by the bank employees and nearby residents.
