Guard hurt by robbers in bank raid
A SECURITY guard was injured in another early-morning raid on a bank in Salford.
It was the second bank robbery in 12 days in the city in which criminals appeared to know exactly what time to strike as cash was being delivered or collected.
Two men ambushed the guard at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Mather Way at the city’s shopping centre in Pendleton.
They struck at 7.10am yesterday and were armed with a crowbar.
The pair escaped in a silver car with £30,000.
Yesterday a notice was posted outside the branch saying it was closed until further notice.
On September 7 gunmen escaped with more than £100,000 in a terrifying raid on the Santander branch at Ellesmere Shopping Centre in Walkden.
In that incident a security guard for G4S was forced to lie on the floor during the robbery and had a pistol pressed into their back.
Three masked men tailgated a guard as he entered the bank and pushed their way in.
Armed with a handgun and machete the gang walked into the bank just before 1.20am.
Two members of staff were threatened and one of the victims was then forced to lie on the floor at gunpoint.
The trio fled in a distinctive getaway car - a red Mini Cooper which was later recovered in the area.
A police spokesman said of yesterday’s robbery: “Shortly before 7.10am on Tuesday, September 19, police were called to Salford Precinct to reports that a cash in transit driver had been robbed.
“Two men wearing balaclavas approached the driver before assaulting him with a crowbar and stealing a significant quantity of cash. The two then fled the scene in a silver Volvo.
“The cash in transit driver has been taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.”
Anybody with information should contact police on 101, quoting incident number 354 of 19/09/17, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.