Lifeguards Catch a Beach Bag Thief and Hand Him Over to Police

He's walking through the crowd, head swiveling left and right.

It could be quite innocent. He might be looking for something he's lost on the beach, or he might be looking to find something.

I think he's just playing it cool. There's one bag unattended.

I don't want him to take it, eh? Just flick a bit of sand. Yeah, how groovy is this?

The suspense. Putting a little hole in the bag.

Yeah, I'm nervous. Here he goes. He's jumped. Oh.

He didn't do it. Watch this, he'll go back, pick his shoes up and his bag up.

He's looking for an exit. Yeah, he's seeing there's no coppers, there's no lifeguards.

Checking, making sure no one's walking out of the water.

There he goes. Bag, bag, bag. There it is.

Yeah. Got it. Got it. Here we go. Who's with Chappo?

Chappo's running.

Oi, mate, that's not your bag. No. It's not your bag.

Can you come with us? Yeah. Come on. I'm allowed to hold you. I'm allowed to hold you.

Okay, I've watched, been watching you for 20 minutes and you just stole that bag.

It's mine. No, it's not. Okay, we'll deal with that. We'll see. What's your mate's name?

Huh? What's your mate's name? This. Whose bag is it?

Whose bag is it? Yeah. Whose bag's that?

No, it isn't. Come in here. We're gonna call the cops. hate thieves down here. Hate them. So what did you do it for?

Uh- Why, why, uh, was willing you not to do it?

Willing you not to do it. Hate thieves down here, buddy. We hate them. What's your mate's name?

George Jackson. George Jackson? Yeah. Wrong bag. I didn't need to scream at him and yell at him.

He was in enough trouble as it was. How old are you?

19. I don't know what position he is in.

You don't know whether he is extremely poor.

It must be a horrible position to have to steal.

So- Then you see the victim and you go, "Oh my God, this guy's lost all his stuff.

I feel so sorry for him. Imagine being him."

I got a ATM here. I got a, my ID, so I lose it, I have to go my, to the Indonesian Embassy.

Where you from? Oh, I live in Brisbane. What's your job? What do you do for work?

Oh, construction. Construction? Doesn't pay good enough? Why you gotta steal bags if you got a job?

I didn't steal it. He didn't steal it. Yeah.

Okay. You don't have to say or do anything if you don't want to.

Anything you say or do, I will record, and I can use this recording in court.

Do you understand that? I've handed him over to the police.

Our job's done. Feel guilty about it, man. So bad, man.

Something I never done before, but I don't even know what I did it for, you know.

I think my first interception of a bag thief went very well.

We caught the thief and I didn't get a punch in the head when I caught him