POLICE are appealing for witnesses after the armed robbery of a security van.

Two men with an axe threatened the driver of the van in Stockport Lane, Timperley, Stretford, on Tuesday morning, before escaping with a quantity of money. They sped off in a stolen black VW Golf which crashed into a bus in Thorley Lane.

They then hijacked a Kia 4x4 which was found abandoned in a car park in Hale town centre. They escaped in a third vehicle.