Caraguatatuba, Brazil– A self-styled crime fighter thwarted a jewelry store thief in Brazil with moves that make an MMA fighter proud.
The 27-year-old perpetrator was seen on surveillance footage walking inside a jewelry shop in the city of Caraguatatuba on Saturday and handing a backpack to a female clerk.
The woman appeared to place money in the bag before disappearing from the camera’s view.
The suspect was then seen rummaging through the store’s displays placing some of the pricey bling into the backpack.
Moments later, a street surveillance camera captured the thief’s getaway attempt.
A good Samaritan was seen racing from the opposite sidewalk and squaring up to stop the suspect.
The vigilante then lifted the fleeing robber off the ground and violently body-slammed him to the ground.
The bandit managed to hold on to his bag before the man wrestled it away and put him an armlock like a UFC fighter.
Another man came over to help and appeared to be shooed away by the jiu-jitsu fighter.
The vigilante apparently noticed that the witness was on the side of the law and allowed him to grab the backpack with the stolen goods.
A security guard unit arrived on the scene and recovered a machete, $1,000 worth of jewelry, two cellphones, a pair of flip-flops and a women’s t-shirt.
The suspect was taken to a local urgent care center, where he was provided medical attention.
He was discharged and then taken to a local police station, where he was booked on robbery charges.
One social media user suggested the police department provide mixed-martial arts training to its officers.
‘Look at this good example, how about our authorities training the police in martial arts, which would consequently improve their emotional balance, thus providing means of detaining individuals without the use of lethal weapons, etc,’ the person said.
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