Moment thief tackles security guard to ground before fleeing with £3,000 cash box

Tom Powell7 March 2017
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This was the moment a thief tackled a security guard to the ground before grabbing his cash box and fleeing on the back of a motorbike.

Officers from the Met’s flying squad are appealing for information in relation to the robbery, which took place in Peckham in broad daylight.

CCTV footage shows one of the suspects, clad in high-vis clothing, stealthily approach the security guard on foot in Peckham Rye.

He suddenly dives and smashes him to the floor before grabbing the cash box – containing around £3,000 - and sprinting away.

The two suspects escaped on a stolen motorbike 
Met police

The second suspect can then be seen driving a motorbike out of a side road. His accomplice, cash box in hand, leaps on the back and together they drive off.

Police said the motorbike was later found nearby in Stanswood Gardens. It turned out to be stolen.

The CCTV footage was played on the BBC's Crimewatch programme on 6 March, as detectives appealed for anyone who recognised either of the suspects or with information to contact them.

The robbery took place at around 11.50am on Friday 19 May last year.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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