STAKE OUT: Footage shot from a nearby balcony shows police storm the bank before they arrest the suspected robber ©theOlivePress

THIS is the moment armed police storm a bank where a man had ‘taken hostages’, before arresting him.

Dramatic footage shows around 10 officers approach a Caixabank in Estepona.

WAITING: Armed police wait for the right moment before storming the bank and arresting the man ©theOlivePress

One officer can be heard on a megaphone, shouting ‘get down, get down’.

He adds: “First let the hostages go, get down to the floor, everybody get to the floor.”

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ARMED: Policia Nacional officers stake out the bank ©theOlivePress

A woman – who a witness said is the bank manager – can also been seen calmly entering the bank, before the suspected robber leaves through the front door and drops to his knees.

The incident took place at around 2:30pm today at Caixabank in Avenida Andalucia.

A former police officer told the Olive Press: “Today a man attempted to rob the Caixabank in Estepona.

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