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Police hired actors to rob bank without telling anyone else

Police chiefs in China have been slammed for hiring actors to rob a bank as a training exercise - without telling anyone else.

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Only the director and the deputy director of the Zhenzhou police department knew it was a drill - everyone else, including the bank, thought it was a real raid.

Four 'robbers' rushed into the Post Office Bank, disarmed security and demanded all the people inside drop to the floor. They even snatched a customer's bag containing £20,000, reports Guangzhou Daily.

Critics said police officers, unaware that it was a training drill, could easily have used their guns on the fleeing robbers.

They were also concerned about the psychological effect on bank cashiers and customers who had been put through a traumatic situation.

The four robbers ran out of the bank in four different directions. But within two hours, all had been caught by different police divisions in the city.

A police spokesman said later that police didn't have a preset plan for the drill and all timing, location, and method of robbery were decided on the spot.

"The goal was to test different divisions' reaction and coordination," he said.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3171886.html?menu=news.quirkies
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