Bumbling thief botches armed robbery by dropping gun

An armed robbery attempt has gone viral after vision of the robber dropping his gun was posted online.

A worker at an e-cigarette store in Denver, Colorado, was approached by a man holding a gun.

But, as security footage shows, the would-be robber didn’t hold on to the weapon.

The man desperately tried to scramble over the counter to retrieve it, but the worker had already picked it up.

This sent the offender fleeing, with vision from one of the cameras appearing to show the man’s pants slipping down as he ran.

It just wasn’t his day - if you check out the footage above, you’ll see what we mean.

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According to a report from local news broadcaster KDVR, the bungling crim is still at large.

But even though old mate butter fingers was wearing wearing gloves at the time, he did leave behind some pretty damning evidence for police.

“There were no fingerprints in the store, but definitely on the firearm itself,” shop owner Chris Burgess said.

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Burgess said his first concern was the scary situation for his employee.

“She handled it like a champ,” he said.

“My second reaction – I had to laugh.”