A £5,000 reward has been offered for the capture and conviction of the armed robbers who held up a security van in East Lancashire.

Masked robbers forced Securicor van drivers to hand over boxes of cash as they were filling a cash machine outside the Spar store in Padiham Road, Burnley, on Tuesday night.

The three guards involved in the raid were unharmed.

Police have appealed for witnesses and information.

The cash reward has been offered by Securicor, which are keen for those responsible to be brought to justice.

Both offenders are white. One is described as 6ft tall and wearing a sage coloured Balaclava mask, possibly grey trousers and white trainers.

The second man was also masked, but there is no description. The men did not enter the store during the robbery.

Burnley CID can be contacted on: 01282 425001.