Machete-wielding burglars steal £50K of cash during home burglary in Wigan

Anyone with information is being asked to contact Greater Manchester Police.

Greater Manchester Police are appealing for information after three armed men stole £50,000 of cash from a home in Wigan.

Three men armed with pepper spray and a machete broke into a home and demanded that a woman in her 60s hand over cash from a safe.

After taking the safe, the men ran away on foot to Bickershaw Lane.

Police were called at around 11:20pm on Tuesday 21st December following reports of the burglary on Beacon Road in Bickershaw.

There were no injuries and enquiries are ongoing with no arrests made at this time.

Detective Inspector Patrick Wood says he believes it to be a 'targeted incident'.

Anyone with information - including CCTV or dashcam footage from the area at the time of the incident - and anyone who finds a discarded safe, is asked to report it online or by using the LiveChat service at www.gmp.police.uk quoting log 3261 of 21/12/2021.