Masked thief gets stopped by plain-clothes officer

CCTV of an armed thug getting his comeuppance as he attempts to rob a post office has gone viral.
Footage from inside the post office, five minutes before closing time, shows a burly man in a balaclava brandishing a pistol as he enters.
Pointing it aggressively at the man behind the counter, later identified by the name Zoran, he demands cash.
The terrified worker starts putting bundles of notes on the counter which the robber, having lacked the foresight to bring a bag, starts stuffing inside his coat.
But then a plainclothes police officer rushes in to the post office in Croatian capital Zagreb, pointing his own pistol at the thief.
Complying with the cop's requests, the thief pulls off his balaclava and lies face-down on the floor.
The officer then cuffs him.
The thief was later identified as 30-year-old Miroslav Les.He is now serving time for the attempted robbery, which was carried out in December last year but has only just gone viral.
His weapon turned out to be a realistic plastic replica.
Post office worker Zoran recalled of his terrifying ordeal: 'I remember him holding a black gun. I could only see his eyes.
'He shouted: "Give me the money, this is a robbery, give me the money".'
The unnamed police officer who caught the criminal is believed to have been staking out the post office in anticipation of the crime, as a spate of similar attacks were plaguing Zagreb at the time.