RAIDERS grabbed £14,000 cash after threatening to shoot a security guard in a Whitefield street.
The 39-year-old was confronted by three thugs as he returned to his security van in Fountain Place at 4pm on Saturday.
One held a gun at his head as an accomplice threatened him with a machete. They fled on foot.
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