Technology got the better of a burglar who got stuck in an electronically controlled door while trying to break into a Benoni dry-cleaners, East Rand police said on Monday.
Superintendent Eugene Opperman said the man tried to break into Alphen Park Dry Cleaners on Sunday.
He managed to get the electronic doors partially open.
”Then all hell broke loose around him when the electronic door he had forced open slammed closed on his arm,” Opperman said.
Meanwhile, the North Rand flying squad had been alerted of a burglary in progress.
”On their arrival at the dry cleaners, they found the half-naked, sweating, screaming, swearing and soiled suspect firmly stuck in the door,” Opperman said.
Police were able to force the door open and free the man.
”The relieved 41-year-old suspect nearly kissed the police officers after he was freed from his ‘handcuffs’,” he added.
The man will probably appear in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. — Sapa