Originally published January 14, 1989

POLICE were on full alert in an effort to track down two bandits responsible for an armed hold-up at the Bridge Hotel-Motel.

One masked bandit armed with a double-barrel sawn-off shotgun, terrorised the hotel manager before fleeing with about $20,000 of hotel takings.

He escaped in a get-away vehicle, a white late model Mazda or Toyota van, driven by an acc...