Two armed robbers were left empty-handed when the security guard they attempted to rob locked himself in his van in West Auckland yesterday.
Police said the offenders pulled a pistol and a sawn-off shotgun on the guard, who was returning to his Armorguard van, outside The Korner Bar at the Kelston Shopping Centre at 10am yesterday.
However, he managed to lock himself inside the van before the robbers could reach him. The pair tried to get into the vehicle, but failed.
They made their getaway in a stolen black Subaru Forrester, registration FYA372, driven by a third person. Police later recovered the car parked on Clayburn Rd in Glen Eden.
Waitakere Police have obtained good CCTV images and are investigating the incident.
