A thieving Mbare Musika vendor had luck turning its back on him after he stole a wallet from an unsuspecting ZUPCO passenger and sped off in lightning speed only to be seized by a crowd that responded quickly.
Mob justice was delivered instantly with the thief receiving a thorough beating that also saw some pulling his dreadlocks, fortunately the passenger recovered her wallet with all its contents.
When visiting Mbare Musika clutching on to one’s handbag or wallet is an unwritten rule.
Vendors, travellers, rank marshals, drivers, thieves and others of no fixed aboard mix and mingle and add to the huge numbers that pass though the bus terminus every day.
A young man spotting his dreadlocks and masquerading as a vendor could not escape mob justice after stealing a wallet from an suspecting passenger .
Fortunately, the thief was left alive after a thorough beating but some of his dreadlocks were pulled out and he had to nurse a bleeding nose.
What is interesting though is that those at the fore of reprimanding the thief were vendors.
All this happened in less than five minutes and the ZUPCO passenger recovered her wallet with all its contents but no one dared taking the issue to the police as Mbare has its own way of dealing with thieves.State Media