VIDEO: Woman uses a squeegee handle to beat a man armed with a knife during a pharmacy robbery on the coast of SP

A pharmacy employee used a squeegee handle to disarm a knife-wielding robber this Friday (6) in Ubatuba, on the coast of São Paulo.

The man arrived at the establishment on a bicycle and announced the robbery by asking for medicine, demanding money from the pharmacy cashier.

In security footage, the woman appears attacking the suspect with the handle and removing the knife from his hands after a physical struggle.

The criminal fled on a bicycle without injuring the employee, taking R$150 in cash from the commercial establishment's cash register.

The police registered the incident as a robbery and are investigating the case, which was the first robbery suffered by the place in 8 years.

A pharmacy employee used a squeegee handle to beat a man armed with a knife during a robbery this Friday morning (6), in Ubatuba, on the North Coast of São Paulo.

The woman got into a physical fight with the criminal and managed to disarm him. The action was recorded by the establishment's security cameras. The case happened around 9am, at a Farmácia Rede Nova unit, located on Rua Guarani, in the Barra da Lagoa neighborhood, in the central region of the city.

According to police, the man arrived at the scene on a bicycle and, before the crime, weighed himself on a scale in the store. Then he asked the attendant for some medicine.

When the employee presented the product, the suspect showed a knife and announced the robbery, demanding money from the register.

In the images, it is possible to see the employee reacting to the approach. She grabs a squeegee handle that was nearby and attacks the man. The two get into a physical fight, and the suspect drops objects that were on the counter.

During the fight, the criminal still tries to hit the woman with the knife, but she manages to remove the weapon from his hands. After the action, the man flees on his bicycle towards the center of Ubatuba.

The employee was not injured. After escaping, she realized that R$150 in cash had been taken from the pharmacy cashier.

In a statement, the Military Police confirmed the case, highlighted that the woman was not injured and that she was advised to report the incident to the Civil Police.

The case was registered at the Ubatuba Police Station as a robbery completed with the use of a bladed weapon.

The suspect has not yet been identified. The victim informed the police that the establishment has images from the internal monitoring circuit that recorded the action and that they could be handed over to assist in the investigations.

According to the pharmacy owner, this was the first time, in eight years of operation, that the establishment was the target of a robbery.