BY IAN CROUCH
A brave worker has disarmed a man carrying a gun who tried to hold up a restaurant at Branxton overnight.
Police say the man entered the restaurant on Clift Street at about 6.00pm on Sunday and threatened a male employee with a firearm.
But the worker turned the tables, snatching the gun and hitting the would-be robber with it, forcing him to flee.
He was last seen heading north of John Rose Avenue.
Police set up and crime scene and have seized the firearm for forensic testing.
The employee was not injured and police are urging anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.
