THREE masked men driving a stolen black Porsche robbed a security van at the Tesco supermarket in Horwich.
Witnesses say the men wearing balaclavas approached the cash in-transit van in Mansell Way at about 1.30pm.
They threatened the security guards with large spanners before escaping with a quantity of cash and driving off towards the M61 in the direction of M61.
A member of staff from Tesco was treated for shock at the scene.
No one else was injured.
The registration of the Porsche was Y88 GFN.
The drama unfolded in front of scores of shocked shoppers.
Full report on this site and in the print version of the BEN on Wednesday
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