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Londis driver robbed of load at knifepoint
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A gang of robbers held a Londis delivery driver at knifepoint before stealing more than 24,000 worth of cigarettes in the West Midlands.
The 38-year-old driver from Barnsley was unloading his van at around 6.40am in Dogkennel Lane in Oldbury last Wednesday (20 August), when a blue Rover (registration KNO2 XZR) pulled up and three men got out. One man threatened the driver with a knife, while the others unloaded the cigarettes Into the car, before driving off towards Smethwick.
A police spokeswoman says: "The man with the knife is described as white, aged 20, 5ft Bin-5ft Tin tall with short brown hair. He wore a bandana round his face and was wearing a grey baggy sweatshirt and dirty blue jeans. "The second man was also 5ft 61n-5ft Tin tall, slim and was wearing a baseball cap, a bandana, a baggy blue sweatshirt and baggy blue jeans. The third was 6ft tall and also wearing a bandana."
Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, seen the vehicles or with information about the load to some forward.
a Contact: Smethwick helpdesk on 0845 113 5000.