A SECURITY guard was robbed as he filled up cash machines outside Asda in Halton Lea on Monday morning.

Two men fled with a significant amount of cash in a Subaru Impreza, which was later found abandoned close by.

Police later found the open cash box covered in red, anti-theft dye on a footpath near a school.

A third man is understood to have been waiting in a maroon Volvo in which the gang escaped.

Anyone with information about the 8.45am incident should contact Det Sgt Dave Walsh on 01244-613730 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555 111.