A hero staffer disarmed a gun-wielding crook with a jiu-jitsu move after he tried to rob a GP surgery.
CCTV footage shows the would-be robber pulling a handgun from the back of his trousers as he walks down a corridor.
He walks into a room and demands that those inside hand over their mobile phones.
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But seconds later, he’s bundled into the reception area by a staff member whose hands are around his neck.
The staffer floors the crook and the two begin tussling on the ground, in Manaus, Brazil.
The crook tries to pick himself up but is floored a second time as the worker wraps his legs around him in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu move.
He restrains the crook as one of his colleagues grabs the gun off of him.
The crook continues struggling to break free but remains immobilised with the two workers pinning him down.
The suspect remained at the scene until police officers arrived and arrested him on Tuesday (26 November) morning.
It turned out that his weapon was a toy gun, as reported by Need To Know.
It also emerged that there was an outstanding arrest warrant for him for robbery with aggravating factors and drug trafficking.
Healthcare staff treated him at the scene for the bruises and scrapes he’d sustained during his failed bid to break free.
He was then taken to a local police station.
The suspect, named in reports as 30-year-old Jefferson Lourenço de Amorim, now faces attempted robbery charges.
He remains at the disposal of the justice system.
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