JCB ram raiders snatch £500k

Armed ram raiders made off with an estimated £500,000 from a security van earlier today (Thursday) - after using a JCB digger to smash it open. 

The gang drove their giant machine into the side of the van in Glasgow, forced it through a shop window and, after threatening three security guards, escaped with the cash.

The guards had just picked up cash from a bank in Burnside when the robbers struck.

Although Bank of Scotland officials wouldn't reveal exactly how much money was stolen, but it's believed to be more than £500,000.

Detective Inspector Gordon McConnell of Rutherglen CID said: "The van was rammed by a JCB mechanical digger, driven by one of the suspects, and forced against another building.

"Two further suspects appeared in a blue coloured Subaru Imprezza, entered the cash Transit van, and threatened the three members of staff.  They then made off with a six-figure sum of money in a red Vauxhall Vectra."

The car and digger were later recovered at the scene.