Woman robbed Sh800,000 after withdrawing from bank in Bungoma
A woman was robbed of Sh800,000 moments after she had withdrawn the same from a bank in Kimilili, Bungoma County.
The woman runs a chain of Mpesa shops in Naitiri market and had taken a motorcycle from the local Cooperative Bank with the cash when a car that was trailing her with four armed men struck.
She told police that she on June 30 ran out of cash at about 1 pm and took a motorcycle from the shop to Kimilili for the same.
She then withdrew the Sh800,000 for use and tied the same in envelopes before jumping back to the waiting rider.
A car that was trailing her struck at Bondeni area after overtaking the rider on the Maliki-Kitale Road.
Two men armed with a pistol jumped out and at gunpoint demanded the cash.
A brief scuffle ensued which left the woman with an injury in her face, hands and legs as the gang grabbed the cash and jumped back to the car and drove off.
Police were informed of the incident and visited the scene.
This is the latest such incident to happen on people after leaving banks.
At the weekend, a man was trailed and robbed of Sh999,000 moments after he had left a bank in Parklands area, Nairobi.
The man had left the bank on First Avenue in Parklands and drove out with the cash on Saturday June 28 before he was intercepted at a junction by men who wore police uniforms.
The incident happened at about 2 pm as the man drove home.
He told police he had kept the money in an envelop and placed the same under the co-driver’s seat before starting his car that was at the basement of the banking hall.
A salon car blocked his car and five occupants who were in it stared at him as two of them, one in police uniforms alighted while armed with a pistol.
They then hit him in the head before grabbing the ignition key and cash before they jumped back to their car and sped off towards Limuru Road.
Police say past investigations show a collusion between the suspected thugs and rogue bank staff.
Last month, a man was robbed Sh7 million after leaving a bank in Nairobi Central Business District.
In February this year, a woman was robbed of Sh3.6 million outside a petrol station along Lungalunga Road, Nairobi.
The woman told police she had withdrawn the cash from a bank and was taking the same to boost her business when the gang that seemed to have trailed her struck.
In January this year, unknown suspects broke into a businessman’s car and stole Sh1.8 million moments after he had withdrawn the same from a bank in Kitengela Township, Kajiado County.
The businessman had withdrawn the cash on January 10 and was to use the same for a development project in Isinya area.
He said after the transaction, he placed the money in his Toyota Harrier car and drove to Isinya area and later to a popular hotel along Namanga Road for late lunch where the incident happened.
Police say their investigations show some bank employees reveal such transactions to gangs who stay in the banking halls or hang out there, enabling them to trail and strike.