07 August 2019 1 Min Read
IN PICTURES | Chaos as cops return to confiscate illegal goods in Joburg CBD
- A woman was caught up in the violent clashes when police raided the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
- A member of the SAPS with confiscated counterfeit goods in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
- Foreign shop owners in the Joburg CBD clashed violently with locals on Wednesday.
- Angry protesters smash the windows of a car, believed to belong to a shop owner, in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
- Nervous onlookers watch from the windows of their flats as police raid shops in central Joburg amidst looting on Wednesday.
- Almost a week after the Joburg CBD erupted into chaos, the police stepped up the pressure and continued with raids, confiscating goods from alleged illegal traders on Wednesday.
- Members of the SAPS gear up to raid shops believed to be selling counterfeit goods in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
- A member of the SAPS tries to gain access to a shop, believed to be selling counterfeit goods, in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
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It was a day of chaos in Johannesburg's city centre on Wednesday, when the police raided the CBD to confiscate counterfeit goods.
Reporters on the scene shared footage of guns and ammunition - including an automatic rifle - being seized by police in one of the buildings.
The raids come less than a week after violent clashes between police and shop owners in the city centre.
At the same time, a group of about 200 people looted shops in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday.
Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said the group was marching through the inner city and went into a bottle store and restaurant, helping themselves to food and alcohol.
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