Aussie uses Guitar Hero to stop thieves

A man has used an unlikely weapon to jump to the aid of discount store employees who were attempting to stop a trio of alleged thieves.

A “Guitar Hero” has stopped three alleged thieves outside a discount store in Melbourne, armed with only a fake instrument.

Charges have been pressed against three alleged offenders who police claim robbed the store in Cranbourne, in the city’s south-east, at 11am on Wednesday.

They can be seen in footage wielding a crow bar and what looks like an axe during the incident.

In a brazen scene outside Panda Mart, a discount retailer, an employee and a security guard in a high-vis vest can be seen grappling with one alleged offender.

In a twist, a member of the public walks up to that alleged thief and uses a blue guitar to strike the alleged thief over the knee, the sound of the heavy impact can be heard in the video.

A man used a blue guitar to strike the knee of an alleged thief outside of Cranbourne’s new Panda Mart store.

A separate video shows two other men ramming back in through the front of the store while swearing at the staff, one holding a metal bar above his head.

Soon after, the trio returned in a white van and brandished what looked like metal bars before driving off in their vehicle.

A third clip shows the group fleeing in the van.

It is alleged that two men and a woman entered the store on Thompson Road and attempted to leave without paying for a number of items.

Three people have now been arrested and questioned in regards to the incident.

Police arrested three individuals — a 24-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man, and a 29-year-old man, all from Cranbourne North — at a house on Arnott Street on Friday before questioning them.

Officers found the white van at a different Cranbourne North property on Thursday.

According to police, the store’s security guards had detained a man but released him after being threatened by the other offenders.

Originally published as Aussie uses Guitar Hero to stop thieves