Four TikTok users in Kenya have been charged with the offense of publishing false information after they were caught recording a staged robbery outside a police station, local media reported.
After the video went viral, its creators were apprehended in coastal Kilifi County on Wednesday.
In the clip, two robbers in a motorcycle cab (or "boda boda," as they call it in East Africa) take a man's bags as he exits the station.
The TikTokers were reportedly caught by the police after being recognized on surveillance footage.
The court hearing took place on Thursday. The four were released on $1,500 bail after entering a not guilty plea, according to the local media outlet.
The hearing for the matter is reportedly scheduled for July 30.