Police on hunt for 2 black armed robbers who struck at Nottingham petrol station

Police are on the hunt for 2 black armed robbers who held up two ATM security men at a petrol station before making off with the cash.

The victims were refilling the cash machine inside Murco petrol station, in Mill Street, Old Basford when the two men threatened them with a gun.

One of the security workers was assaulted and suffered minor injuries but no shots were fired.

The thieves, who struck at about 6.50am on Friday May 23, then made off with cash, on foot, in the direction of Firecrest Way.

Petrol station manager Kumar Chandra, 33, wasn't present during the armed robbery but had spoken to his employee Mandran Suman, 25, who had been behind the till during the raid.

He said: "He was behind the till at the time and saw the robbers, he pressed the panic button which we have and called 999.

"The police were here in five minutes. I arrived at 10am and Mandran was giving his statement, he had been working since 11pm the night before.

"I've been the manager here since January last year and this is the second time it has happened, it is a bit shocking."

Police have now launched an appeal and would like to speak to the driver of a silver Astra and a cyclist who stopped at the station, possibly to use the cash machine.

Detective Sergeant James Bond said: "We are appealing to anyone who might have been in the area at the time of the robbery – or just before it happened.

"Did you see anything unusual? The men were dressed in black and made off on foot.

"If you have any information please get in touch so we can bring the offenders to justice."

The two armed robbers are both described as black, in their 20s, of a stocky build and around 5ft 9ins to 6ft tall.

They were dressed in black trousers and wore black hats and gloves.

One of the men was wearing a black top with piping down the side of the arm, the other was dressed in a white Adidas jumper and was carrying a black Nike bag.

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