Bizarre disguise a bumbling thief wore while threatening Port Melbourne hotel staff with a firearm before making off empty-handed in failed armed robbery
A man wearing a cape and underpants is the subject of a manhunt in Melbourne after a botched armed robbery.
The man threatened a staff member at a hotel in Port Melbourne with a firearm around 2 a.m. on Wednesday.
However, he left empty-handed after the plot did not go according to plan.
Footage released by police shows the man running along the footpath before tripping over what police believe was a cape he was wearing.
Armed Crime Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance to identify a man involved in an attempted armed robbery of a licensed premises in Port Melbourne last week
The attempted armed robber fell and dropped a bucket and other unidentified items he was carrying.
As he stumbled, he turned towards the camera, and dark material – which police suspect is underwear – can be seen worn like a balaclava.
In a statement released Monday, police said the man entered a hotel, threatened a staff member with a firearm and demanded cash.
The staff could not get to the money, so the man became irritated and left.
No one was physically injured during the attempted armed robbery.
“It is believed that at the time of the incident he was wearing some type of dark cloth draped around him like a cape and had dark-colored underpants on his head,” police said in the statement.
Police are appealing to anyone who has seen the man or who may have a dashcam or other camera footage
Police patrolled the Port Melbourne area but were unable to find him.
In addition to the flowing shroud, the man wore a black T-shirt, light-colored pants and white runners.
Police are appealing to anyone who has seen the man or who may have a dashcam or other camera footage.
You can make a confidential report through Crime Stoppers.