Chaos erupted on the corner of Long and Strand Street less than an hour ago as three robbers dressed up as SAPS policemen were foiled while robbing a cellphone repair store at that location.
We can report that shots were fired but that nobody was injured. At least not by a bullet. One of the suspects was ‘detained’ by bystanders while the other two suspects fled on foot, only to be caught by security less than five minutes later.
Although unconventional and technically illegal, the public took matters into its own hands in apprehending the suspects and leaving them battered, to say the least. It has now been confirmed that CCID Security and City Law Enforcement helped detain the men.
It is great to know we have such efficient security in the city. This could have escalated for the worse and thankfully nobody got injured except for the perps.
Details are still emerging, so we’ll update this post when more information becomes available.
They caught the 4 men, and the policeman who robbed the cellphone shop on #longstreet. Holding them down on the road pic.twitter.com/rqPbBNDMJC
— Kirsti Chambers (@KirstiChambers) March 16, 2015
Attempted robbery Strand St foiled. 3 suspects dressed as SAPS. Congrats CCID Security, @CityofCT Law Enforcement & @SAPoliceService. — Cape Town CCID (@CapeTownCCID) March 16, 2015
Carnage in strand street. Shots fired. Guys into car to get away. Bystander catches 1. Public smacked him too. pic.twitter.com/iam1T0n5o2
— Neal T (@blindcripple) March 16, 2015
Moral of the story… Never rob a shop in town, Strand Street will attack you (even if you’re a police officer) pic.twitter.com/iWrizTw6S4 — Lauren Naylor (@LVNaylor) March 16, 2015
Candice Jacobs Newman Nicole Venesia Gietzmann OMG!!
Good for you Cape town needs to be taken back from these hooligan criminals!
I was right there when it happened. Was wondering why a policeman was held down on the floor by a civilian…
Yeah Town was crazy earlier
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Michelle Fisher
Melandrie Van Der Westhuizen, this is what we said something Is happening
A question……….. How are they obtaining the police uniforms…….. Possibly from friends in the force……….Just saying.
Go Cape Town – well done to the publc for assisting.
Saw this from the balcony – cray cray! The one tsotsi got a proper beating though … doubt he will do this again.
Jason Clifton i just walked past this…..U0001f633U0001f633
Well done CCID This is what we need !
I was standing right outside the cash for gold, and the man ran and was tussling with another. He looked at me, pulled out his gun and shot at another man. Then jumped into a car and sped away… Was he caught? I have never been so scared, so I want to know he was caught.
Lekker ja Cape Town!!
Dornner them!
Well done!
So glad they got lekker on their moer! This kind of thuggery will not be tolerated in our beautiful city.. Go Cape Town.
It’s not illegal to make a citizen’s arrest, is it? “…Although unconventional and technically illegal, the public took matters into its own hands in apprehending the suspects…”
Or did you mean the battered part?
Oy vey. What are we doing!
Demitrie Koutandos
Don’t be so sure of that.
It’s the wild wild west out here!
We had just left Long Street a couple of minutes before that……
it’s about time that the gun violence gets taken to the city. we on the Cape flats are so GATVOL OF experiencing this. Great on you guys for redistributing FEAR!!
It is not technically illegal to make a citizens arrest. It is illegal to beat them, but not to arrest and hold them while the police are on the way.
Lekker…
Well reported on guys!
Well done Cape Town!
carlo89 The moering part..
well done Cape Towners
Bliksem them!!!!
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Congratulations!
Why I don’t go to central Cape Town anymore
” Although unconventional and technically illegal…” ????? Ummm… What exactly is illegal about a Citizens Arrest? It is also not illegal to use force (even deadly force) against an armed attacker committing a crime if you believe that allowing them to flee could result in future serious bodily harm to others. These guys were armed with guns and firing those guns blindly, clearly using force to ensure their arrest is perfectly justified and perfectly legal….
so sad to see my beautiful country going so far down into the gutter….absolutely ruined by incompetent and ignorant retarded people……that’s why I moved away…..
Great news.
Well done !
Jamie Lee Olkers Samantha Olkers Gomes
Well done ccid!
Almal is gatvol vir crime!!!!
Elizabeth, what a ridiculous comment, i Live a block away from where this happened and I’ve never been robbed. typical white Idiocy
Elizabeth, what a ridiculous comment, i Live a block away from where this happened and I’ve never been robbed. typical Post Hoc Fallacy!
Mooi so mense……ons gatvol is v misdaad…. en ons sal wen……
Bull crap… isolated??? maybe its because you read the isolated sensored liberal media to much…
Pedro Alexandre
Jason Brown
Shirene Ellis Linnow eeeek close to Ds new work…
Kick their butts…..well done