Two armed robbers were brought down by police bullets and captured yesterday in one of three daylight robberies in the Settlement. Four men, three of whom were armed, raided a Chinese dwelling in Brenan Road at 8 a.m. and were decamping with loot worth $31 when police arrived from the Bubbling Well station summoned by a very prompt alarm. Deadly shooting in an exchange of bullets saw two robbers fall from two shots fired from police pistols. Three shots fired in reply fortunately went wide of their marks. Two pistols were seized.
A house in a lane off Honan Road was raided by seven robbprs—five armed with pistols and another brandishing a hand-grenade—at 845 a.m. and escaped with money and valuables worth $1,500. The third robbery happened at 5.40 p.m., when three armed men entered a rice shop at 385 Myburgh Road, stole $293 in neies and evaded immediate apprehension.
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