A suspected thief was cornered by a horde of angry Asda workers after allegedly trying to steal from the supermarket.
The man was held near the sandwich display at the exit.
The staff members searched the pockets of his coat.
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Three bottles – understood to be alcohol – were allegedly found on him.
One of them smashed on the floor as one worker passed them to another.
During the melee one of the employees lifted a shopping crate over his head and appeared to threaten him.
One of them said: “Go, go, go, go, go.”
Another added: “Get him out.”
The alleged crook was then frogmarched out of the superstore in Marshall Road, Leyton, east London on Wednesday (24 Jul) evening.
It follows a spate of shoplifting across the UK.
Staff and security guards have watched on and not tried to prevent some of the thefts, as reported on Need To Know.
Local Lee Harvey said: “The shop workers are fighting back.”
Omar Reynolds added: “Great staff.
“It’s a shame your justice system rewards shoplifting.”
Another joked: “Man only wants a meal deal.”
A fourth said: “Brother really wanted the basket shot to the face.”
It comes as figures released by the Office for National Statistics, revealed shoplifting is at a 20-year high.
Cops are dealing with 50 offences an hour.
A security guard tried to prevent a crook pinching four cans of beer from a BP garage in Northolt on Sunday (21 Jul).
On the same day a Poundland worker attempted to block a thief in Greenford.
But on Wednesday (24 Jul), a shoplifter pilfered goods from Boots in Barnet despite shoppers trying to stop him.
The Met Police and Asda have been approached for comment.
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