CCTV footage shows the bizarre moment a man got stuck behind the counter while attempting to rob a shop.
The gaffe was filmed on Monday (20 January) in Buryatia, Russia.
In the clip, the man, who claims to have been drunk, walks in wearing a balaclava and holding a gun.
The 45-year-old then points the firearm at the woman behind the counter while walking closer and appearing to mumble under the mask for a bottle of alcohol and cash.
After the shopkeeper ran to the back room, not handing anything over, he appeared to help himself, lunging over the counter arms-first.
With half of his body hanging over, he then gets stuck and struggles to get his legs past the till.
He struggles for a while before a member of the public comes in.
They stand and stare at the man before realising he has a firearm and running out the door.
The suspect, still hanging over the counter, then grabs a bottle of vodka and attempts to put it on the counter behind him.
It then drops to the floor, before he falls too.
The booze thief was later arrested in a case of armed robbery and it was discovered that he was holding a toy gun.
According to local news, by the time police got there, he had managed to consume some of his haul.
