A taxi boss is offering a £10,000 reward after robbers wielding hammers reportedly escaped with more than £50,000 in a daring raid in Glasgow.
Three masked men attacked a vehicle in the east end which was carrying cash to a bank in the city centre.
The raid happened on Friday at the end of the Glasgow Fair Holiday when taxi companies throughout the city were banking their takings.
A car carrying two employees of Glasgow Private Hire Ltd had left the firm¹s headquarters in Edinburgh Road, Carntyne, with the Friday cash box just before 4pm.
Their intended destination was a bank in Glasgow's city centre but the pair stopped off at the Post Office in Carntynehall Road to collect tax disc application forms.
According to reports the masked men jumped out of a car carrying hammers and begin smashing the window of the vehicle, grabbing a number of bags.
One 43-year-old man was in the car at the time and has been left slightly injured and shaken by the ordeal.
The men then made off at high speed in a grey coloured car heading east on Edinburgh Road in the direction of Baillieston.
On Friday night the taxi company¹s managing director, Stevie Malcolm, 46, announced a £10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the robbers.
He said: "I am really angry that my staff had to endure such a terrifying ordeal. These were two people who were just going about their work. Yet they find themselves in a situation that no-one should have to face.
"I am posting a £10,000 reward for information which will lead to these people being apprehended and convicted for what they have done.
"It is the very least I can do to make sure that people who work for me are not subjected to such violence."
The first suspect is described as a white male, about 5ft 8ins, slim build, wearing a black ski mask, dark bomber jacket, dark blue denims and white trainers. The other suspects were also wearing black ski masks and dark clothing.
Detective Sergeant David Scott, of London Road Police Office, is appealing for information.
He said: "Enquiries are ongoing to trace the men responsible for this robbery and the car they made off in. Officers are currently checking CCTV and carrying out door to door enquiries in the area in an effort to gather more information."
"Edinburgh Road would have been busy at the time of the incident and I believe someone would have seen something that maybe vital to our enquiry.
"As such I would appeal to anyone who saw anything or who has any information that may assist our enquires to contact London Police Office on 0141 532 4600. Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained."
