Shop workers fight off robber armed with a gun and a GRENADE after snatching his firearm and spraying him with a fire extinguisher at a Russian mobile phone store
- Female phone shop manager grabbed robber’s weapon in St Petersburg, Russia
- The raider stormed the shop with a pistol and a grenade before being disarmed
- A male shop worker emptied fire extinguisher in his face and a chair was thrown
- Police searched arrested man’s car and found an array of real and fake weapons
Hero sales staff fought back when a masked robber brandishing a gun and a grenade and stormed their mobile phone shop.
A 29-year-old woman manager grabbed the intruder’s gun and is seen in dramatic CCTV footage pointing the weapon at him in the store in Russian city St Petersburg.
The armed robber then threatened them with a grenade but a male shop assistant emptied a fire extinguisher on the intruder while an office chair was also thrown at him amid scenes of chaos.
An armed robber was captured on CCTV pointing a pistol at shop workers in a phone shop in St Petersburg, Russia, last Wednesday
![The female shop manager was able to grab the intruder's weapon and pointed it at the armed robber as her colleague sprayed him with a fire extinguisher](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792498-7836675-image-m-15_1577698559135.jpg)
The female shop manager was able to grab the intruder’s weapon and pointed it at the armed robber as her colleague sprayed him with a fire extinguisher
At the start of the video released today the raider can be seen entering the shop and pointing a pistol at two employees behind the counter last Wednesday.
They both ducked as the robber gestured for them to go towards the till.
He pointed a Taser at the shop workers before making sure the shop door was closed.
The shop manager could then be seen with the gun after snatching it from him and she pointed it at the robber as he waved the Taser at her.
When the robber pulled out a grenade the male shop worker unleashed a fire extinguisher in his face.
![An unnamed 40-year-old man (pictured above) was arrested by police](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792502-7836675-image-m-23_1577699181586.jpg)
![A chair can be seen after it was thrown at an armed intruder and a fire extinguisher was sprayed at the robber](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792508-7836675-image-a-24_1577699189557.jpg)
An unnamed 40-year-old man (left) was arrested by police after the attempted raid on a mobile phone shop (right the damage after a chair was thrown and a fire extinguisher was sprayed)
![A male employee unleashed a fire extinguisher at the armed robber after he brandished a grenade at employees](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792506-7836675-image-m-25_1577699351860.jpg)
A male employee unleashed a fire extinguisher at the armed robber after he brandished a grenade at employees
![Russian police said officers found an array of fake and real weapons when they searched a 40-year-old man's car](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792518-7836675-image-m-26_1577699387668.jpg)
Russian police said officers found an array of fake and real weapons when they searched a 40-year-old man’s car
The robber stepped back and the female manager then aimed the gun at him as her colleague continued to fog the robber with smoke and swung the extinguisher at him.
A struggle appeared to break out and an office chair was then hurled at the intruder.
The robber fled the shop without the smartphones and money he had intended to steal.
Shop staff had triggered a hidden alarm button and police arrived soon afterwards to detain the 40-year-old.
Police and Russian national guards searched his Chinese-made car and found an array of weapons, some real, while others were fake, officers said.
A decision is to be made on charges against the man, police said.
![Cash and a pistol were found lying on the floor of the mobile phone shop after the raid in St Petersburg](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792512-7836675-image-a-21_1577699129311.jpg)
Cash and a pistol were found lying on the floor of the mobile phone shop after the raid in St Petersburg
![An office chair was also seen on CCTV being thrown at the intruder by a male shop worker](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/12/30/09/22792516-7836675-image-m-27_1577699482311.jpg)
An office chair was also seen on CCTV being thrown at the intruder by a male shop worker