Taxi drivers stop cellphone thief

[schumi]

A thief was struck by “instant karma” after he stole a cellphone and taxi drivers took justice into their own hands.

Kosie van der Merwe‚ a farmer from Kinross in Mpumalanga‚ was driving to the Witbank Airport on Thursday around 5pm‚ with the window of his red Toyota Hilux bakkie open.

At a traffic light in Emalahleni a man asked Van der Merwe for a cigarette with his body slightly turned and his right hand in his pocket. Van der Merwe said he does not smoke.

The thief pulled out an Okapi knife‚ raised it above his shoulder “like he was throwing a ball” and demanded Van der Merwe’s Samsung S8.

Van der Merwe gave him the phone and the thief dashed across an open field. He chased the bandit in his bakkie‚ but braked when he crossed the road and escaped into a taxi rank.

“What are the chances for me as a white man to run into a taxi rank? You are just going to look for trouble‚ because the people inside the taxi rank do not necessarily know what happened outside.”

More at: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-14-taxi-drivers-stop-cellphone-thief/

 

[chrisc]

Our domestic travels by taxi to Gugs. Last Thursday at 3.30 as a customer was getting into the taxi a youngster grabbed the her bag and ran off with it. Several taxi drivers and passengers ran after him. The domestic said that after they finished beating him up, there was a lot of blood and his head was detached from his neck. She was sure he was dead. This did not appear in the newspaper, or has not so far

 

[TheChamp]

And the thief, never to be heard of again?

 

[TheChamp]

Our domestic travels by taxi to Gugs. Last Thursday at 3.30 as a customer was getting into the taxi a youngster grabbed the her bag and ran off with it. Several taxi drivers and passengers ran after him. The domestic said that after they finished beating him up, there was a lot of blood and his head was detached from his neck. She was sure he was dead. This did not appear in the newspaper, or has not so far

Not even Daily Sun?