Robbers covered in blue dye after stealing cash box from Liverpool bank – Liverpool Echo

Bank robbers who stole a cash box from a security guard were sprayed with blue dye after breaking it open.

At around 10am today a security guard was making a cash collection at Barclays bank on Mill Lane, West Derby when a man approached him from behind and pushed him, demanding he hand over the cash box.

The man, who was wearing a dark coloured tracksuit and had his face covered, took the box and is believed to have made off from the scene in a white Transit-type van.

It was driven by a man in a grey tracksuit who also had his face covered. A short time later the Transit van and cash box were found nearby.

This afternoon the bank remained taped off and there was a sign on the door saying the branch was closed.

Forensic officers were at the scene and could be seen working both inside and outside the building.

People working in businesses around the bank and local residents said the first thing they knew about the robbery was when they heard an alarm at the bank and then police cars arriving.

One woman said: I assumed there had been a robbery but no-one was around. There was smoke coming out of the bank and then lots of police arrived

Detective Inspector Phil Mahon said: Robberies of security guards are not victimless crimes and it is unacceptable for this guard to be subjected to this ordeal while he was just carrying out his job is unacceptable.

We are carrying out a number of enquiries in the area including the examination of CCTV and forensic enquiries.

We know that when the offenders broke open the cash box it sprayed them and the cash with blue dye, so we are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen two males with blue dye on their clothes after the incident, or anyone who has been given cash with blue dye on it since the incident.

The guard was not injured but left very shaken by the incident.

DI Mahon added: Wed be keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident itself or who saw the offenders acting suspiciously in the Mill Lane area to get in contact on 0151 777 4065 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Any information no matter how small will be treated with the utmost confidence and could assist with our investigation.

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