GEORGE TOWN: A police dragnet to snare two robbers who made away with a loot of RM231,000 from a security van parked near a bank in Bukit Jambul was unsuccessful despite the setting up of several roadblocks throughout the island.

The operation to hunt down the two suspects would continue as the police believe they could be hiding in the island, northeast district police head Asst Comm Soffian Santong said.