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.

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  • Bronwyn Matthews Newman
    Bronwyn Matthews Newman
    March 16, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Candice Jacobs Newman Nicole Venesia Gietzmann OMG!!

  • Adele Heunis Els
    Adele Heunis Els
    March 16, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    Good for you Cape town needs to be taken back from these hooligan criminals!

  • Donovan Watlington
    Donovan Watlington
    March 16, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    I was right there when it happened. Was wondering why a policeman was held down on the floor by a civilian…

  • Nicole Venesia Gietzmann
    Nicole Venesia Gietzmann
    March 16, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    Yeah Town was crazy earlier

  • Simone Jansen
    Simone Jansen
    March 16, 2015 at 2:55 pm

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  • Michelle Hailey Thaver
    Michelle Hailey Thaver
    March 16, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    Michelle Fisher

  • Felicia Pattison-Bacon
    Felicia Pattison-Bacon
    March 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Melandrie Van Der Westhuizen, this is what we said something Is happening

  • Lynn Levi
    Lynn Levi
    March 16, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    A question……….. How are they obtaining the police uniforms…….. Possibly from friends in the force……….Just saying.

  • Jeanette Gibbs Persson
    Jeanette Gibbs Persson
    March 16, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    Go Cape Town – well done to the publc for assisting.

  • Sithu Lloyd Dube
    Sithu Lloyd Dube
    March 16, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    Saw this from the balcony – cray cray! The one tsotsi got a proper beating though … doubt he will do this again.

  • Kim Sedgwick
    Kim Sedgwick
    March 16, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    Jason Clifton i just walked past this…..U0001f633U0001f633

  • Mark Cohen
    Mark Cohen
    March 16, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    Well done CCID This is what we need !

  • savannahbowey
    savannahbowey
    March 16, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    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.

  • Fallie Bill Williams
    Fallie Bill Williams
    March 16, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Lekker ja Cape Town!!
    Dornner them!

  • Gadija Seboa Tombey
    Gadija Seboa Tombey
    March 16, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    Well done!

  • Aliweyah Edross Farrokhian
    Aliweyah Edross Farrokhian
    March 16, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    So glad they got lekker on their moer! This kind of thuggery will not be tolerated in our beautiful city.. Go Cape Town.

  • carlo89
    carlo89
    March 16, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    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?

  • Johan Zietsman
    Johan Zietsman
    March 16, 2015 at 3:48 pm

    Oy vey. What are we doing!

  • Victor Grobler
    Victor Grobler
    March 16, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Demitrie Koutandos

  • ChilliStephenson
    ChilliStephenson
    March 16, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Don’t be so sure of that.

  • ChilliStephenson
    ChilliStephenson
    March 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    It’s the wild wild west out here!

  • Lynda Wentzel
    Lynda Wentzel
    March 16, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    We had just left Long Street a couple of minutes before that……

  • Denver Lopez
    Denver Lopez
    March 16, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    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!!

  • Donovan Hickey
    Donovan Hickey
    March 16, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    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.

  • Dion Speck
    Dion Speck
    March 16, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Lekker…

  • DaleneInghamBrown
    DaleneInghamBrown
    March 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Well reported on guys!

  • Dave Law
    Dave Law
    March 16, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Well done Cape Town!

  • AshleyMarais
    AshleyMarais
    March 16, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    carlo89 The moering part..

  • Patricia Siemssen Schoombie
    Patricia Siemssen Schoombie
    March 16, 2015 at 4:31 pm

    well done Cape Towners

  • Cheryl Barnard
    Cheryl Barnard
    March 16, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    Bliksem them!!!!

  • dpvwatch
    dpvwatch
    March 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Did you manage to get any part of the registration as this will go a long way to catching those that got away. If you have any further details, please DM on Twitter. @DPVwatch

  • Tony King
    Tony King
    March 16, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Congratulations!

  • Elizabeth Quixley
    Elizabeth Quixley
    March 16, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    Why I don’t go to central Cape Town anymore

  • AndrewM100
    AndrewM100
    March 16, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    ” 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….

  • Kimo Deutschman
    Kimo Deutschman
    March 16, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    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…..

  • Prudence Mdaka
    Prudence Mdaka
    March 16, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    Great news.

  • Tap & Cork Franschhoek
    Tap & Cork Franschhoek
    March 16, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    Well done !

  • Pedro Gomes
    Pedro Gomes
    March 16, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    Jamie Lee Olkers Samantha Olkers Gomes

  • Claire Mariotti Thomas
    Claire Mariotti Thomas
    March 16, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    Well done ccid!

  • Ray Aucamp
    Ray Aucamp
    March 16, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Almal is gatvol vir crime!!!!

  • MatthewWortley
    MatthewWortley
    March 16, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Elizabeth, what a ridiculous comment, i Live a block away from where this happened and I’ve never been robbed. typical white Idiocy

  • MatthewWortley
    MatthewWortley
    March 16, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Elizabeth, what a ridiculous comment, i Live a block away from where this happened and I’ve never been robbed. typical Post Hoc Fallacy!

  • Christo Pieterse
    Christo Pieterse
    March 16, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    Mooi so mense……ons gatvol is v misdaad…. en ons sal wen……

  • Stephen Barnard
    Stephen Barnard
    March 16, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    Bull crap… isolated??? maybe its because you read the isolated sensored liberal media to much…

  • Karine Vieira Lopes
    Karine Vieira Lopes
    March 16, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    Pedro Alexandre

  • Alison Harber
    Alison Harber
    March 16, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    Jason Brown

  • Linda Andrade
    Linda Andrade
    March 17, 2015 at 3:02 am

    Shirene Ellis Linnow eeeek close to Ds new work…

  • Jose Luizinho
    Jose Luizinho
    March 17, 2015 at 4:46 am

    Kick their butts…..well done

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