"This is why Barkers Butts Lane was a crime scene on Friday"
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:21 pmA security guard was threatened with a knife and ordered to hand over a cash box
A security guard was threatened with a knife during an armed robbery outside a branch of the Coventry Building Society on Friday morning.
The robbery took place outside the Coventry Building Society in Barkers Butts Lane, Radford, at around 8.30am on September 21.
The security guard was threatened with a knife and ordered to hand over a cash box. Police say he suffered a minor facial injury.
Two balaclava-clad robbers made their escape in a dark coloured car.
The busy stretch of Barkers Butts Lane where the building society branch is located was taped off for much of the day as police conducted their investigations.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Police were called to reports of an armed robbery outside Coventry Building Society, in Barkers Butts Lane , Radford, at around 8.30am on Friday September 21.
“A security guard was threatened with a knife and ordered to hand over a cash box. He suffered a minor facial injury.
“Two balaclava-clad offenders are believed to have made off in a dark-coloured car in the direction of Friars Fields Road."
An appeal for information has been launched.
The police spokesman added: “Anyone with information can call the force CID priorities team on 101.”
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