Drama as thief is made to lift heavy weight as punishment for stealing

A young thief gets the opportunity to choose between going to prison or lifting a heavy weight clearly beyond his power after being caught in the act of stealing.

A video making the rounds on social media captured the moment a thief was given a get-out-of-jail card in exchange for his display of strength.

The young man, looking famished got cheered up by a crowd of Sierra Leone people who insisted that he lift the locally made weight or be handed to the police.

The man struggled multiple times, clearly unable to achieve his goal until he did eventually after almost falling to his knees.

Reactions trailing thief made to lift heavy weight in Sierra Leone

Pettybigbaby said: “This video is too sad, he looks obviously starved. Omo😔.”

spiekey opined: “I prefer this jungle justice to the burning one. He’s apparently hungry and should be rehabilitated. God help us.”

wesside100 stated: “I wasn’t comfortable watching this, someone could easily suffer a severe injury or even die from how he was lifting the weight and swinging it around . If that thing fall for person leg bro !?”

badManhussein_ noted: “Drugs and lack of fitness can do this to you. This guy is almost breathless from trying to lift half his body weight. Incredible 😭.”

Watch the video below …

They caught a thief and made him to lift a heavy weight. I was so scared for him 😂😂😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/HFsICpId3Q

— Omo Ure 🇳🇬 (@iam__temmyy) November 22, 2023