Bravo to the brave citizens of Tangier... How they cornered a thief who targeted an elderly man and handed him over to the police!

A video circulating on social media documents a dramatic incident that took place in the city of Tangier, where a group of citizens managed to surround a man suspected of stealing a cell phone from an elderly man on a public street.

Despite the citizens’ attempts to calm the situation and demand that he hand over the phone and leave, the suspect brandished a knife in their faces and threatened them to prevent them from apprehending him, after which he fled the scene.

The citizens demonstrated great awareness and courage by carefully surrounding him without resorting to physical force or violence, while immediately contacting law enforcement.

A police patrol arrived promptly to subdue the suspect, disarm him, and successfully arrest him. He was placed in pretrial detention under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to investigate the incident, in conjunction with intensive security campaigns to curb cell phone and bicycle thefts in the area.