An attempted robbery at a Ladbrokes bookmaking shop in Glasgow, Scotland, is just the latest in a spate of robberies at various bookmakers throughout the United Kingdom.
At around 5pm yesterday, a man entered Ladbrokes in Union Street and demanded money. This was refused and the man ran off empty-handed.
The suspect was described as white and unshaven. He was wearing a dark grey North Face jacket with black flashes on the shoulders and arms, blue jeans and white trainers.
Police have been investigating more than a dozen cash robberies in the Strathclyde area since last December.
But the problem is becoming an even bigger epidemic for Great Britain bookmakers.
Police have been investigating more than a dozen cash robberies in the Strathclyde area since last December.
Just last week, a hooded man held up a bookmakers in Glasgow's St Enoch Square on Saturday and just a day earlier a premises in Bothwell was raided.
The city centre robbery happened at 4.20pm at William Hill when a man threatened staff with a gun and demanded cash.
A three-figure sum was handed over, and the man fled towards the Clyde.
No-one was injured but the staff members were left shaken and upset.
In a separate incident, a gunman forced staff at a bookmakers to hand over cash.
The man was buzzed into the office at Ladbrokes in Heanor Market Place. He threatened two female staff members with a hand gun before escaping.
The man wore a dark hat with eye holes cut in, a grey coat and carried a red shopping bag. He is thought to be around 50, short, with a large build, and had a Scottish accent.
Detectives are keen to trace a youth who was in the area and wore an orange fleece top.
This followed a robbery at Lanarkshire bookmakers in Main Street, Bothwell.
The police are making some headway it appears as a raid commenced Tuesday in connection with a robbery at a Ladbrokes betting shop on Market Street in Northamptonshire.
A 24-year old man was arrested. The man had brandished a knife before employees and customers overpowered and disarmed him. He ran off from the Market Place shop.
A spokesman for the bookmakers said: "Our policy is always to advise staff and customers not to risk their own safety in such situations.
"We do however acknowledge the extreme bravery displayed by the individuals in question in tackling the criminal."
