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Canadian bank bilked with dynamite threatBELOEIL, Que lt;UPI - a bank manager, believing hisfamily had been taken hostage Monday, paid more than $100,000 to an extortionist who claimed he had enough dynamite in his suitcase to blow up the bank**U was all a bluff,” said aQuebec Provincial Police spokesmanBank manager Andre Duhai* me s wife and child were never abducted, he said, and police later discovered the robber s suitcase contained four highway flares, an alarm clock, a batteryand a pile of wires.No one was hurt in the ex tortion, although Duhaime was forced to accompany the robberwheel of the stolen getaway car for several hours before he wasfound by police.There have been 14 extortions in Quebec over the past eight months which have netted thieves over 11.3 million. Two men were arrested during the weekend in an attempt to extort$50,000 from a store managerA QPP spokesman said the latest extortion began at 1:30p.m. Monday when a well-dressed man entered the Royal Bank branch in this small city south of Montreal and demanded to see the bank manager“The man wore no hood or mask and carried no firearms,” the QPP spokesman said. “He did claim, however, the suitcase he carried had enough explosives to blow up the bank.He told the bank manager ifhe did not give him a large sum of money then he would blow up the bank He said also he had tne man's w ife and kid hostage and they would be hurtThe police spokesman said Duhaime gave the bandit more than $100,000 and was forced to accompany him in his escape Other bank employes and customers were unaware a robbery was going on, policesaid.“He left the bank manager handcuffed to the steering wheel of the car just outside the city. He put the suitcase he said had dvnamite in it in the trunk He9told the hank manager if he moved around too much it would blow up the car ”A city police constable on a routine patrol found Duhaime some hours later Explosives experts were called in to handle the suitcasewhen he fled the bank and was left handcuffed to the steering
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Nampa Idaho Free Press
Nampa, Idaho, US
Wed, May 28, 1975
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