NUMBER plates on a car used during a £10,000 robbery in Burnley could have been stolen from Warrington, police have revealed.
On Tuesday night at 9.20pm robbers wrestled with two security guards at the Spar shop in Brunshaw Road before making off with a cash box.
Detectives said the car the two men were seen driving was using number plates which were reported stolen from the Cheshire or Merseyside areas.
Police are also looking into the possibility the number plates were stolen during a burglary in Warrington.
A Burnley CID spokesman said: "We are obviously aware that criminals do travel to and from other areas and the number plates may possibly have been taken during a burglary in Warrington on Sunday."
The vehicle used during the raid, a blue Ford Focus was later found abandoned in Hillcrest Avenue.
Anyone with information about the robbery should contact Burnley Police on 01282 425001, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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