TWO people have been arrested on suspicion of robbing a security guard as he filled a cash machine.

CCTV operators spotted two people acting suspiciously before the robbery and police were called at around 12.30am yesterday. As the security guard filled up the cash point at the Abbey, in Alexandra Street, Southend, an undisclosed amount of money was snatched from his hands.

A 25-year-old man of no fixed address and a woman, 27, from Southend, are currently being questioned by detectives on suspicion of robbery.