Hillbrow mugging Bad Boyz

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Wallop! Hillbrow mugger floored by security after nicking a handbag [video]

“Bad Boyz, Bad Boyz… what you gonna do when they come for you?” – Hillbrow’s meanest security firm stopped this mugger with abject force.

Hillbrow mugging Bad Boyz

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The Bad Boyz security team made another criminal bite the dust this week. The unit, which operates in the troubled Hillbrow suburb of Johannesburg, were on hand to prevent a mugger from escaping with a handbag he’d snatched from an unsuspecting woman.

Mugger gets his just desserts

In a two-part video uploaded to @crimeairnetwork, we first see two men approach the victim from behind. It’s the bloke in the striped shirt and jeans who makes the grab, snatching the bag from her left shoulder before bolting it down the street.

His run softens to a jog as the brazen criminal believes he’s got away with it all. Little does he know his world is about to fall apart in a matter of seconds. Just as the thug approaches a street corner, one of the Bad Boyz is seen chasing after him. But it’s the one who confronts him head on that lands a vicious clothes-line to completely floor the runner.

The good old “arm-across-the-neck” brings this crime to an abrupt halt. There are a few punches thrown in from the private security unit, who let the apprehended crook know exactly what they think of his efforts. The mugger was then taken to the police station to be charged.

Who are Bad Boyz?

Bad Boyz have been operating in Hillbrow for a number of years, but they’ve recently upped their game with security. They have an extensive communications network and CCTV cameras that monitor this corner of Johannesburg with eagle-eyed precision.

Forget Martin Lawrence. Forget Will Smith – these Bad Boyz are the real action heroes. Just four weeks ago, we saw more of their work go viral when another thief thought he’d try his luck in the area: Big mistake… He was also detected before being walloped by the firm.

Hillbrow itself is listed as one of the most dangerous areas in South Africa, even getting its own spot on the British government’s list of places to avoid in the country. It has been referred to as one of Johannesburg’s “most feared suburbs“, given its high rate of crime and violence. Bad Boyz are there to clean up the region, one thug at a time.

Watch the Hillbrow mugger get taken down by Bad Boyz: