What a shock! A robbery occurred under broad daylight. At 2 p.m. on Oct. 20, a man in his late 60s withdrew NT$400,000 in cash at a Chinatrust branch on Taipei's Xinyi Road and was robbed on site in the lobby of the bank.


After tracking him for eight hours, police arrested a 16-year-old at a private residence in Banciao. The suspect evaded police after robbing a man of NT$400,000 by hopping on the MRT and then getting away by cab. Police still don't know why he committed the crime or what happened to the money. Eight hours earlier, a 70-year-old Chinatrust customer surnamed Yen withdrew NT$400,000 from the bank's Dongmen branch and was robbed in the lobby.

One guy was running and the other one was chasing him. (He) went into the MRT station. (Are you saying the suspect ran into the MRT station?) Yes.

According to police, Yen wanted to purchase Renminbi and found the 16-year-old on Facebook. The 16-year-old told Yen Renminbi would be wired into his account as soon as he made a withdrawal. The two made plans to meet at the bank. While Yen was checking his account balance after making the withdrawal, the teen grabbed the bag of money from Yen and raced out of the bank.

The victim and (the suspect) made plans to meet at a bank on Xinyi Road, Section 2 to complete a Renminbi transaction. After the victim (withdrew) the cash, the suspect did not transfer the Renminbi as promised. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity to grab the victim's cash and flee.

The investigation is ongoing.



警方在追查8個小時後，在20號將近11點左右，於新北市板橋一處民宅逮捕16歲的涉案少年，初步瞭解嫌犯先搭捷再轉搭計程車，企圖製造斷點；警方以車追人、逮捕，並繼續追查其他共犯。少年夜間停止偵訊，犯案動機及贓款流仍待釐清。20號下午兩點多，台北市信義路的這間中國信託東門分行發生搶案，一名年約70歲的男子，剛從銀行提領完40萬現金，傳出遭人在大廳內行搶，把他裝有現金的包包強行奪走後逃逸。

民眾表示：「就一個在跑，一個在追，搭捷運下去了。（你說那個嫌犯，就跑到捷運站裡面？) 對。」

警方初步調查發現，遭搶錢的顏姓男子，打算以地下匯兌的方式，私下購買人民幣，在臉書搜尋並聯繫上嫌犯，兩人約好到銀行外進行人民幣交易，對方告知只要他領了錢，人民幣就會馬上匯入他的戶頭。但卻在他確認款項是否匯入帳戶時，一名歹徒突然一把搶走桌上裝錢的紙袋，急速往銀行門口逃逸，並傳出搭捷運躲避追緝。

台北市中正一分局偵查隊長 陳彥錦表示：「被害人與民眾，相約在信義路二段的一間銀行外，交易人民幣。唯被害人將現金給付後，犯嫌被未依約定給付人民幣，隨即將被害人現金拿走後，逃逸。」

至於被害人地下匯兌款項的用途，他則語帶保留，也有待警方進一步釐清。