A pint-sized pharmacy worker floored a topless man eight inches taller than her after he allegedly smashed up the chemist.
Carmen Sánchez’s heroics were captured on CCTV.
The 23-year-old, who is just 5’3”, grabbed the man from behind, pulled him onto his back, and pinned him to the floor.
The pharmacy technician was at work when the man burst in shouting and allegedly started breaking things.
Carmen asked the 5’11” man several times to leave, but he ignored her pleas and carried on throwing products off their shelves, it is claimed.
In the end, she walked up on him from behind and floored him by surprise with a sleeper chokehold.
Carmen said she spent 10 long minutes restraining the man as he tried to wriggle free in Málaga, Spain.
Cops eventually arrived on the scene and arrested the suspect, who’s of Bulgarian origin, local media report.
They were baffled to see Carmen getting the upper hand over the suspect.
They quickly learnt she’d been taking self-defence classes for four years and kickboxing for two.
She’d signed up to be able to defend herself if she ever found herself in danger.
Carmen’s been working at the chemist’s for a year.
She said of the CCTV footage: “I can’t believe it, I see myself and I’m still amazed.”
The man was arrested for alleged threats and public disorder.
