A MAN was arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery this morning.

A security guard was threatened but not injured as a man tried to rob a Securicor van delivering money to Tesco in Leyton High Road, Leyton, this morning (May 25).

Police have cordoned off an area around the van in the car park of Tesco in High Road, Leyton, after being called to the scene at 10.45am.

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