Armed robbery at Cash Converters

Detectives are investigating after an armed robbery at Cash Converters in Tamworth.

We were called at 4.40pm this afternoon (Friday 9 August) to reports that two masked men had gone into the shop and threatened staff with a machete and a hammer. 

The men left through the back door of the shop and got into a waiting black Ford Focus, which had tinted windows and no number plates on either the front or the back of the car.

The car sped off the wrong way down a one-way street and the wrong way around a roundabout towards Wetherspoons.

The men are described as white, in their early 20s and having stocky builds. They were both wearing black hoodies and black jogging bottoms. On was wearing a balaclava and one was wearing a bucket hat, glasses and a scarf around his mouth. 

We’re encouraging anyone who may have information or CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage of the area at the time that can help with our investigation to get in touch.

You can call us on 101, quoting incident number 496 of 9 August, or message us via Live Chat on our website.

To make an anonymous report, you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.