IN PICTURES | Chaos as cops return to confiscate illegal goods in Joburg CBD
It was a day of chaos in Johannesburg's city centre on Wednesday, when the police raided the CBD to confiscate counterfeit goods.
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A woman was caught up in the violent clashes when police raided the Joburg CBD on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
A member of the SAPS with confiscated counterfeit goods in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
Foreign shop owners in the Joburg CBD clashed violently with locals on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
Angry protesters smash the windows of a car, believed to belong to a shop owner, in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
Nervous onlookers watch from the windows of their flats as police raid shops in central Joburg amidst looting on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
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. (ALON SKUY)
Members of the SAPS gear up to raid shops believed to be selling counterfeit goods in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
A member of the SAPS tries to gain access to a shop, believed to be selling counterfeit goods, in the Joburg CBD on Wednesday. (ALON SKUY)
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.
