Two robbers have been left pink-faced after a security device in a cash box exploded, covering them in dye and putting police hot on the trail of any rosy-hued suspects.
“We are looking for the suspects who were coloured pink when the security device in a cash box activated,” Eastern Cape police spokeswoman Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg was quoted as saying in the Cape Times newspaper.
The two men pounced on a security guard who was collecting money from a fast food outlet, and made off in a stolen car with the cash box.
The vehicle was later found with pink smoke billowing out the windows.
“The car was still idling, we could see the powder through the windows. The safety device exploded leaving everyone inside the vehicle dyed pink. Even the roof outside the vehicle had a pink tinge,” said Janse van Rensburg. — AFP