No less than $44,000 in cash were stolen by a gang of six highwaymen, four of them said to have been armed: with pistols. in a daring daylight hold-up on Race Course Road at 920 am. yesterday. An alarm raised by the victim, who showed the criminals to a C.P.C. on duty in the vicinity, resulted in the arrest of one of the gangsters after a brief chase. Another member of the gang was taken into custody later in the day. Two pistols and several rounds of ammunition were seized by the police.
The victim, an assistant of a Chinese shop, was given the money to deposit in a native bank. While on his way to the bank, he was stopped by the gangsters, who snatched the parcel from him and took to their heels. The victim immediately reported the crime to the C.P.C., pointing out the criminals as they were making their getaway The policeman, joined by another constable, went after the men and succeeded: in arresting one of them. The second was arrested later in the day- Detectives from the Chengtu Road police station expect that the remainder of the gang will be arrested in the near future.
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