Eight years after the robbery of a Vimenca exchange house values transport vehicle, the Police has announced that they found a rifle that was used to rob that company. Police presented a Colt AR-15 with numeration 159388. The robbery had taken place on 14 September 1999, but investigation results were not announced at the time. Police Chief Bernardo Santana Paez says that the rifle, which was stolen in New York and was illegaly entered into the country, was the same used in a robbery of an Asociacion Popular savings and loans bank on Charles de Gaulle Avenue on 26 November 2006. The rifle was found in Eladio Gabino’s possession. He is under arrest and is believed to be involved in both heists. In the 1999 Vimenca robbery, thieves killed 3 guards and US$72,292 and stole RD$1.9 million.