Citizens take down robber in Yunlin County
![members of the public restrain a man after he robbed a restaurant](https://i0.wp.com/taiwanenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/citizens-arrest.jpg?resize=717%2C414&ssl=1)
Restaurant customers and passersby caught a man and pinned him to the ground until police arrived after a robbery in a hot pot restaurant in Beigang Township, Yunlin County today, May 10.
The Wuxian Hot Pot Restaurant was just about to open, and a clerk was preparing the cash float when a man walked in and claimed that he was from head office and making an inspection of the restaurant.
The man grabbed the several thousand NT dollars in cash, and after a brief tussle with the clerk, fled with the money.
The clerk yelled “STOP Thief!” and waiting customers and passersby chased the man down the street.
After a few minutes, the citizens caught up with the man and pinned him down on the road. Police quickly arrived from a police station just 500 meters down the street, and arrested the suspect.
The thief was found to be a former manager of the restaurant.
![police arrest a man after he was restrained by members of the public following a snatch and grab robbery in Yunlin County today, May 10](https://i0.wp.com/taiwanenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/thief.jpg?resize=660%2C880)
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