Bank robber posed as security guard and tricked staff into handing over £150k

A VILLAIN posing as a G4S security guard conned bank staff into handing over six cash boxes containing £150,000.

He walked into the branch wearing a helmet, visor and uniform.

The crook is thought to have shown fake ID before taking the boxes two at a time despite rules requiring them to be carried singly.

A source said: “It’s being called the Noah’s Ark job — because the cash boxes went out two by two.”

He was thought to have had a getaway driver waiting round the corner in Brixton, South London.

Santander staff got suspicious when he did not return to sign for the boxes, containing £25,000 each.

The source added: “Staff went outside and were shocked to see no guard or van. He had vanished into thin air with the money.

“Staff called G4S to be told no collection was due.

“The penny dropped that they’d been turned over.”

Another source said: “He was not actually in G4S uniform. Questions have to be asked.”

Cash boxes have coded dyes which drench bank notes and anyone trying to prise them open.

But it was feared an insider may have helped.

Flying Squad detectives were questioning staff as a matter of routine and analysing CCTV of the culprit.

Ex-Sweeney chief Barry Phillips said: “This is a unique crime. I’ve never heard of anything like it.”

Santander said it was working closely with cops.

G4S declined to comment.