Zanzibari Ban

Zanzibari Ban was a short lived rebel group founded by Clark “Grandma” Gayson. It was founded around 2016 after Gayson’s resignation from the Chinese army by a combination of his dissatisfaction with what transpired during the Task Force Baberu Incident and his personal grievances with the Zanzibari state. It disbanded almost immediately after Gayson’s death in 2017. It was estimated to have a standing force of 320 people at its peak according to the PLA.

## Terre d’Etat Zanzibaraise Bank Heist

Zanzibari Ban orchestrated what was called the most meticulous heist in all of Asia, taking an unreported amount of money from the Zanzibari State Treasury thanks to the planning of “Grandma” Gayson, a former top operative in China as well as many who allegedly aided him. There was only one casualty reported during the heist, and it was Gayson himself who sacrificed his life to allow the thieves to escape with all the valuables they stole. An item stolen was information pertaining to a state slush fund of $10,000,000,000 (Ten Billion USD) collected from a percentage of oil and mining industry profits. Many other valuable items were stolen as well.

### The Heist

On April 19th, 2017, at approximately 11:32 AM, 11 armed men entered the Zanzibari State Treasury from numerous entry points. 5 men entered from the front doors, 3 entered from a tunnel dug under the bank, and the last 3 had entered from the roof. The men appeared to be very organized and professional, with the bank heist amounting to no civilian casualties. They had quickly and efficiently managed to disable the alarm systems before they could be triggered, leading Zanzibari military officials to believe that an inside man was corresponding with Zanzibar Ban. They used Thermite to get past the metal gates, and eventually got to the vault room after quickly dispatching of any security detail with lethal force. Fortunately for Zanzibar, a pedestrian who was an off duty Zanzibari Warrior, was walking past the treasury when he saw one of the armed men, and immediately fired upon them with his sidearm. The Zanzibari Peacekeepers were called shortly after, and had formed a perimeter around the treasury. At this point, Gayson and 2 others were attempting to open the vault via a cooling and detonation method, whilst the other 8 were defending against the Zanzibaris. Once the vault had opened, they looted only the most valuable items inside, leaving some of the cash behind. At this point the Zanzibaris were forming teams to breach the building, despite them knowing of the civilian lives in danger. Gayson was heading to the underground tunnel for his exit, when the Zanzibaris had breached the building. A long firefight ensued, lasting over 4 minutes, with Gayson reportedly covering the other members of Zanzibar Ban as they made their escape through the tunnels. Gayson had thrown the bag he had filled with valuables into the tunnel, before closing the facade hiding the entrance to the tunnel from the bank, leaving him alone inside of it. Gayson would later die in the bank after the firefight, wounding only 2 Zanzibari Peacekeepers. Gayson was shot 3 times in the chest, with Gaysons body armour not absorbing any of the blows.

### Aftermath.

It is estimated that around 35 Billion USD were stolen from the vault. Some of the items stolen include Zanzibari State National Treasure, (E.G The first Zanzibari Sigil, Leonetes' First Weapon, 2 Leonetes' signed Gold Bars, etc...), artifacts collected by Zanzibar from other countries, data pertaining to the Zanzibari Financial Sector, the only known image of Daler Mehndi, and a large quantity of the Zanzibari currency En. (1 En is equal to 11 USD).