Man arrested for RD$5 million Scotiabank robbery

Investigators from the Monetary Crimes Unit of the National Police have arrested the guard accused of stealing RD$5 million from the branch of Scotiabank where he worked.

Jos� Arturo Lugo Gonz�lez, who had two other identities, was one of nine men wanted by police in connection with the robbery. He was one of the guards on duty at Scotiabank, in Santiago, when RD$5,385,000 and US$22,500 was stolen.

Police broke into a bed and breakfast located in number 45, J Street, El Liceo in Andres, Boca Chica, where they found the suspect together with RD$1 million buried in the floor under the bed where he slept. The Police also confiscated all the guard�s belongings from the room.

Lugo Gonz�lez said the robbery was planned by him and a companion who had taken half the money. He said he had not seen his partner since the robbery and had no idea where he was. He told reporters he was carrying three cards with the same birth date, which he used to avoid detection as he moved around the country.

Police said that Lugo Gonz�lez had been discovered through intelligence received by the Department of Monetary Crime headed by General Polanco Gomez, who gave the information to the director general of police in the province of Santo Domingo, Hector Garcia Cuevas.