Durban - A gang of burglars who smashed their way into a Hillcrest business got more than they bargained for when a specialised security system flooded the room with pepper spray.
For the second time in 10 days, the security system rebuffed intruders at the same location, sending them choking and stumbling into the night.
Ian Colls, of Compusafe Electronic Asset Security, said that the
robbers had been overwhelmed by the noxious spray which flooded the
store.
“The same store in Hillcrest had a break-in about ten
days ago and the pepper spray system was activated and sent them
running,” he said.
“They [the robbers] seem to wait for security
companies to change shift early in the morning and this time actually
smashed their way through the front door. When they got inside the
system activated and flooded the room with peppers spray,” he said.
- Watch: Previous pepper spray incident
