CAMARILLO BANK HEIST ENDS WITH 4 ARRESTS.

Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer

Two suspects who held up a Camarillo bank Thursday and sped off in a getaway car were arrested when law enforcement officials blocked off southbound traffic on the Ventura Freeway and stopped the car, authorities said.

Ventura County FBI Supervisor David Nesbitt said the two suspects walked into the Camarillo branch of City National Bank at 502 N. Las Posas Road shortly after 1 p.m. and demanded money.

One of the suspects displayed an automatic weapon, but no one was reported injured, he said.

The two suspects, described only as young males, perhaps juveniles, took the money and left on foot into the parking lot. Nesbitt said a private citizen, who observed the suspects getting into a compact Honda with two other males inside, took down the vehicle's license plate number as it sped away.

Nesbitt said the number then was broadcast countywide over radio scanners, and a retired police officer saw the car make its way onto the southbound Ventura Freeway.

Ventura County Sheriff's Department units followed the car for several miles on the freeway waiting for a sheriff's helicopter to arrive. CHP officers blocked southbound lanes to assist in the pursuit, law enforcement officials said.

All four suspects, who were not identified, were arrested. All lanes were reopened by 3 p.m.