There was a major police response at the Belize Bank northside this morning. It happened at around 10:30 when there was an attempted robbery just outside the bank which is on the Phillip Goldson Highway at the Matalon building.
But, while it caused a scare inside the bank, there was no attempted bank robbery.
A 28 year old employee of DHL went to the bank to make a deposit. He opened his carrier and removed 3 deposit bags with cash and that's when a man wearing a helmet put a gun to his waist and told him not to move. The man then stole the package from him and ran towards Coney Drive - escaping on a waiting motorcycle. The courier then dashed into the bank and asked them for emergency assistance - which created a scare inside the bank and caused them to send customers outside and lock the doors.
Later, police recovered a red motorcycle they believe to have been used by the suspect in the robbery. At this point, the amount of money stolen has not been disclosed, nor has it been recovered.
