THIS is the hilarious moment three hapless thieves failed to rob an Edinburgh restaurant.

The gang targeted Café Tartine in Leith at around midnight on Wednesday morning.

4 Cafe Tartine was targeted

And footage has surfaced showing their feeble attempts to kick down an office door.

The gang appeared to have planned the raid but made a total mess of the execution - loitering outside for ages, fleeing in panic and leaving empty-handed.

The criminals even dressed in matching grey tracksuits for the raid on the French eatery.

Every moment of the two-minute raid was picked up by CCTV at Cafe Tartine. Its manager described the gang as at "the amateur end of the criminal spectrum".

The cameras show the clueless criminals loitering around outside the glass doors of the brasserie.

After initially trying to get in by merely pulling the door handles, one of the thieves smashed through one of the doors using a crowbar.

4 The thieves smashed the door

They then run inside the premises while another camera captures them heading straight for the cafe’s office - where the safe would be.

But they discover that kicking open a door is not as easy as in Hollywood movies.

The three take it in turns to kick the door, clearly baffled by its refusal to give way.

At one point one of the raiders decides to do a run-up before kicking into the door but fails.

He then flips round and gives the door a back kick before being joined by his friend who joins in and does the same.

Finally, the man holding the crowbar comes along and nervously prods the side of the door before locking it to where the handle is placed.

4 They took it in turns to kick the office door

Still having no luck, another would-be thief tries to help with their own crowbar but they end up returning their previous tactics of trying once again to boot in the door.

Suddenly the door bursts open and the trio are shown using torches to look around the office.

Unable to access anything and put off by the cafe’s security alarm the bungling trio give up, even closing the door behind them, and make a run for it.

The CCTV ends as the trio are shown tiptoeing out of the smashed front door.

Now the café's manager Simeon Lee has called them "crazy".

He said: "They literally got nothing but it was if it was all planned as they knew where the office was and headed straight for it, not taking anything or looking anywhere for anything else.

"They are crazy."

4 The thieves made off with nothing

"It was about midnight last night. They are definitely at the amateur end of the criminal spectrum.

"They didn’t get a bean, not a single thing."

News of the break-in quickly spread on social media.

Frances Mitchell said: "It looks like they also knew where the security cameras were, along with the office.

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"I’m terribly sorry this happened to you. Hopefully they’ll be picked up soon."

Craig Wilson wrote: "Little scumbag s***s. You can’t trust anybody nowadays, that was planned to a tee!

"They knew exactly where they were going once in and and where they were looking the wee rats. I’m fuming!"

Konstantinos Chronopoulos said: "After Ocean’s 11, here comes Ocea'’s three. I hope you’re insured for those doors! And I really hope you find the culprits! Absolute disgrace."

Cops confirmed that they were investigating the break-in.

And they asked anybody with information to come forward and help with their inquiries.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "Police in Edinburgh are investigating a break-in to a business premises in Commercial Street, which took place shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

"Anyone who may have information about this is urged to contact Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 0014 of 31st January, or report this anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."

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