Daylight Bank Robbery in Phnom Penh

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Daylight Bank Robbery in Phnom Penh

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Hold-up in daylight in Phnom Penh: Five armed individuals robbed the branch of RHB Indochina bank located on Mao Tse Toung Boulevard in Phnom Penh...


https://cambodgemag.com/2018/08/crime-h ... -penh.html
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Wow ... SEA only place in the world people use scooters for getaway vehicals.
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console wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:06 pm Wow ... SEA only place in the world people use scooters for getaway vehicals.
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Cambodia very seldom has armed bank robberies.

I think this is only the second one I've heard of.
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Initial reports are that the perps are suspected to be Chinese, and that they made off with approximately $100k...either way, that was a pretty brazen robbery, not many, if any, reported bank robberies in Cambodia, normally jewellery sellers or money changers.


There is a short video of the robbery on Fresh News
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console wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:06 pm Wow ... SEA only place in the world people use scooters for getaway vehicals.
You're right. Those idiots should have been driving a stolen car. :whip:
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I always thought that it must be pretty easy to hold up a bank in Cambodia. Zero security, and I am not counting the token 4-kilo security guard asleep outside the premises.
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They seem pretty competent, I don't think they are part of Francoise' crew.

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console wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:06 pm Wow ... SEA only place in the world people use scooters for getaway vehicals.
In France it's the same, they use big scooters to escape.
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