MASKED robbers smashed their way into a bank and stole cash from security guards in the early hours of Saturday morning (July 18).

Police say three suspects, their identities hidden behind masks, rammed the front of the Halifax bank in Beckenham High Street at around 1.16am with a stolen car.

The intruders then snatched a quantity of cash from security guards who were filling up the cash machine.

Police think the suspects may have been brandishing guns, although there is no evidence of shots being fired during the robbery.

There were no injuries to the guards and the stolen car was later found abandoned in nearby Blandford Road.