A masked jewellery store raider takes a tumble midway through an audacious gang heist in this incredible footage. The hapless robber manages to pick himself up and carry on with the raid, in which he and his accomplices made off with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Indian gold jewellery stuffed into canvas bags. In a shocking sequence captured on CCTV  a silver Mercedes SLK 230 smashes through the front window of Gems Jewellers in Coventry, West Midlands, to kick off the audacious raid. Going, going, gone: One of the raiders slips over on the shiny surface and takes an embarrassing tumble
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The silver SLK 230 ploughed through the front of the store in Coventry
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Stolen vehicle with false plates followed by three raiders wielding hatchets
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Robbers struggled to keep their footing on the polished floor but managed to make off with gold-filled canvas bags in a white Audi A3 Sport TDI
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Police hope the criminals' 'unique floor moves' will lead to their arrest
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Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Indian gold jewellery was taken from Gems Jewellers in the audacious heist, captured on CCTV
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Gang set off smoke emitting security device which forced them to flee
The gang were described as 'dangerous and desperate' by police after they threatened to shoot a man who was passing the store at the time they raided it, before making off at speed through @placeholder