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rmed robbers struck Central Java’s regional development bank (Bank Jateng) in Ungaran, Semarang regency, in Central Java on Thursday afternoon and made off with Rp 150 million (US$11,247).

Four men, two of them armed, robbed the bank at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday and locked up three employees and three customers inside the building before taking the money with them.

The robbers came on two motorcycles, Semarang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Vincentius Thirdy Hadmiarso said. Wearing tightly closed helmets, the four swiftly entered the bank and took the digital video recorder of the closed circuit television (CCTV) system. The robbery took less than five minutes, he said.

“From the crime scene investigation, we found a short airsoft gun suspected to have been used by the robbers. We are still investigating the CCTV recorders located outside the bank as the robbers had taken all CCTV recordings from inside,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mujiyantio, 50, one of the employees at the Central Java Food Security Agency, located 50 meters away from Bank Jateng, said the area was quiet when the incident took place.