- Three thieves burst into the store in St Petersburg forcing a guard to the ground
- As they fill their bags a SWAT team bursts through the door and arrests them
- It is thought this is the second time in a month that the gang raided the store
A SWAT team burst in on three thieves ransacking a jewellery shop, catching them red-handed.
CCTV captured the scene as the men began stealing from the Zolotoy jewellery shop in the city of St-Petersburg in north-western Russia.
The thugs burst in and make a security guard lie flat on the floor. He does not seem scared and is thought to have been aware that the SWAT teams entrance was imminent.
CCTV captured the scene as the men began stealing from the Zolotoy jewellery shop
As the thieves begin to fill bags with jewellery, six heavily armoured and armed officers burst in and detain the criminals.
All three instantly realise that they are outnumbered and outclassed and surrender at once.
The officers were reportedly from Russia’s version of a Special Weapons And Training Team, the Special Rapid Response Team.
It was reportedly the second time the shop had been robbed in a month, with the same gang thought to have been behind the previous raid.
As well as the three in the shop, a getaway driver was detained outside.
The thugs burst into the St Petersburg store and make a security guard lie flat on the floor
As the thieves begin to fill bags with jewellery, six heavily armoured and armed officers burst in and detain the criminals
One of the arrested men has a criminal record and has spent time in prison.
All of the gang face up to 10 years in jail.
It was not reported how the authorities knew about the planned raid.