Detectives have made an appeal for witnesses after a robbery at the Gala Bingo Club in Bradford. They are considering this to be an armed robbery as three thieves dressed in balaclavas entered the club brandishing machetes and knives. They entered the bingo club premises at about 7:15pm on the 29th October and threatened staff before making off with an undisclosed amount of money. At the time of the robbery there were some people in the bingo club but fortunately no one was hurt. On thirty year old man has been held in custody as one of the suspects.
I have always maintained that bingo clubs are considered to be a soft target for robbers. They are reputed to be filled with elderly people and I really think this is the lowest kind of crime. I all honesty, quite a deal of money passes through the tills at bingo clubs and robbers know that staff have to have money on hand for paying out winnings, these are not all paid by cheque.
Although I believe these robbers have taken a huge risk for very little return and must actually be quite stupid, I mean robbing a bingo club at 7:15pm, must mean that hardly any takings were in the till. I don’t want to suggest anything to anyone thinking of robbing a bingo club, but I would say that timing has got to do with the takings, surely? I really do hope they get caught and what is coming to them for targeting a bingo club of all places.
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