Toamasina’s customs: 59,400,000Ar stolen

A successful hold up has claimed 59,400,000Ar from Toamasina’s custom services, as the money was freshly transported from the city’s treasury building on Wednesday, October 21st 2010 at 16 hours local time. Four men with helmets on and on riding a couple of bikes stopped the convoy near the St Joseph School by the sea. One of Toamasina’s custom services’ officials was following the convoy but couldn’t do much against hand guns and AK47. The bandits ran away with the jackpot on their motorbikes later. Dynamite was recoverd in Toamasina on October 21st. at Cobra’s home, one of Toamasina’s gang leaders, shot dead by the police forces; 60 units weighting 8 kilos in all