Oldbury store security guard is targeted
Robbers armed with axes threatened a security guard as he left a store in the Black Country before making off with a cash box.
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The guard had just left the Tesco Express, in Bristnall Road, Oldbury, shortly before 2pm on Wednesday when he was approached by two men.
After taking the box, they fled on foot along Beeches Road before getting into a car.
A member of the public called police a short time later when two men were seen trying to smash a cash box in nearby Arden Road.
West Midlands Police said four men, aged 21 to 36, had been taken into custody on suspicion of robbery.