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Police say that they have arrested a 44-year-old Santa Cruz man for an armed raid on a branch of the Cajasiete Bank in Tacoronte at lunchtime on Monday. The man had held up the bank with a gun and threatened the staff, locking some of them in a vault while making off with some €10,000. He was rapidly identified by CCTV footage from within the bank and taken into custody by the Guardia Civil overnight.
source https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/police-arrest-man-for-armed-hold-up-of-tacoronte-bank.html
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