A customer saved the day after a brazen attempted jewelry store robbery in Burnaby two weeks ago.
In a surveillance video, a male with a backpack enters Augustun Jewellers in the Lougheed Mall just after 3 p.m. on Oct. 5 and flashes a machete. He then allegedly demanded gold from the jewelry cases.
As staff scramble behind the counters, the video shows a bystander launch into action, tackle the man and push the backpack and machete out of the man’s reach.
Store employees then run to help hold the man down until police arrive at the scene.
A teenage male was reportedly taken into custody and is being held on charges for armed robbery.
No one was injured in the incident.
