Thieves use stolen picker truck in brazen bank robbery near Edmonton
Posted March 10, 2019 5:02 am.
Last Updated March 10, 2019 11:42 am.
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EDMONTON (660 NEWS) — RCMP are investigating a dramatic bank heist in the community of Winfield, Alta, just southwest of Edmonton.
They say that during the wee hours of Friday morning bandits crashed a stolen picker truck through the front wall of an Alberta Treasury branch in the tiny hamlet. According to Cpl. Marcia McDermott, she’s never seen anything like this before.
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Police say two male suspects then used the picker truck to pull a safe containing an unspecified amount of Canadian currency from a wall, causing extensive damage to the building.
Investigators say the bank robbers made their getaway in two trucks — a black Dodge Ram and a dark coloured GMC pickup.
And that should say *ATB.
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As of Sunday morning, the suspects remained at large.
