'We're having some problems here': Egyptian military confiscates CNN crew's camera during live report

During a live report on CNN, some people reported to be members of the Egyptian military just walked up and took the crew’s camera:

Video: Egyptian military takes @BenCNN's camera while he was reporting live on Oct 6th Bridge http://t.co/Ir8sSsXfAz #cnn

— Jess Conner (@Jecon) July 5, 2013

The CNN crew is reportedly fine, but they still don’t have their camera back:

Tweet of the day MT @bencnn Cnn crew in Cairo fine. Sipping tea by the Nile, enjoying the evening cool, waiting for return our camera.

— Andrew Katz (@katz) July 5, 2013

Why was the camera confiscated? Here’s one theory:

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/353269221121212417