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Police have addressed a viral clip showing a man being robbed in front of a police station in Kilifi.The man, seemingly drunk, was captured walking as a loner before two other men onboard a motorcycle appeared. They slowed down before one of them alighted and carried out a sweep kick on the ‘drunk’ man who got to the ground where they robbed him. The two men on the motorcycle later sped off, leaving their ‘victim’ on the ground, with onlookers expressing shock given the display was near the aforesaid police station. The video was later uploaded to the short-video streaming platform TikTok and spread to other platforms like X (previously Twitter). Those reacting to the events in the clip argued the police at the station must be toothless for such scenes to happen. Reacting to the accusations sent their way, the police flagged the clip as a prank gimmick. A police report sighted by TUKO.co.ke states that the trio had sought to perform their display at a nearby canteen but were barred. “It was reported by one Roy Rick Otieno, the manager AP canteen Kilifi that today at around 0830hrs a stranger entered the said canteen and approached a steward who was cleaning requesting for permission to shoot a video inside the premise. He was denied but went ahead and stage-managed a prank together with his three accomplices; one guy pretended to be drunk and got robbed by two other guys who were on a motorcycle while another was recording,” read the report partly. The police decried being painted in a bad light by the content creators whose production suggested they (police) are insensitive to insecurity. The law enforcers said action had been taken against the trio of TikTokers.