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Two watch Greerton bank robber flee

By Rebecca Savory and Ruth Keber
Bay of Plenty Times·
9 Oct, 2014 07:01 PM2 mins to read

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The ANZ Bank in Greerton was robbed, police arrived in numbers. Photo/John Borren

The ANZ Bank in Greerton was robbed, police arrived in numbers. Photo/John Borren

Two women have described seeing a robber flee from a city bank and take off in a getaway car with an accomplice.

The witnesses were outside the Greerton ANZ Bank yesterday afternoon when the robber fled with money taken.

"We just saw two guys jumping into a car and taking off," one told the Bay of Plenty Times.

"They just floored it all the way," she said.

Another witness, who only wanted to be known as Josh, believed he was standing near the robber while waiting in line at the bank about 2.30pm.

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Bank staff had activated a silent alarm after the robber fled - forcing the bank into lockdown.

"I was only in there a minute. The tellers said someone had robbed the bank and the doors got locked."

He was locked inside the bank for about 10 minutes - which "seemed forever" - before police had arrived.

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Josh said he did not notice anything peculiar about the robber until a teller told him what had happened.

Police said the robber had handed over a note, demanded money from a teller before snatching the note up and taking off with the money.

Police in marked and unmarked police cars, including dog handlers, converged on Greerton Village after the alarm was raised and spoke to bank staff and witnesses.

Another man said he raced to the bank where his wife worked when she called him after the robbery.

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"She rang home just to say before anyone heard the news that it happened and that everyone was okay ... She was calm enough and knowing everyone is safe is something."

Greerton Village Mainstreet manager Victoria Thomas was shocked, saying it was the first robbery at the shopping centre in her three-and a-half years in the job.

"I feel so sorry for the bank staff caught up in this. I hope they catch the buggers. It's not on."

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