A bank robber's escape is thwarted after a courier stops him with a broomstick.

The man had just finished robbing 2,000 pounds from a Bank of Cyprus branch and was running out when he was spotted by the 19-year-old.

According to police, the boy intercepted the thief with his car, there was a struggle, and the robber was pinned down with a broomstick.

Police say the robber was a Russian man in his thirties. The gun he had used to rob the bank was fake.