A suspect is seen inside the shop.

The "Jody the Bhai" tuckshop became a TikTok sensation due to its young owners’ creative marketing video, but now it looks as if their brainchild has become the place where people break in to settle their gangster debt.

Only three months ago, Tamryn and Ariel Johannes bought a house in Westridge, Mitchells Plain, falling in love with the business potential they saw in the property.

But its been hit by three break-ins in less than a month, and yesterday, the couple caught a burglar in the act, busy in the early morning hours casually "shopping" in their shop.

Tamryn said it was around 4am when her sister came from her shift and notified them that someone was in the process of breaking in.