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03-17-08, 03:46 PM
A pair of bank robbers burst into tears and collapsed choking in Poland after they tried to use pepper spray on a cashier in front of an air conditioning unit.
The wind blew the spray back over the pair, who staggered from the bank in the south-western city of Wroclaw empty handed.
A local police spokesman said: "They told the cashier to open the till and then tried to put her out of action to grab the cash - but the pepper sprayed back in their faces because of the blast of warm air from the heater.
"They only managed to escape because they had a pal outside in a getaway car."
Security cameras showed the crooks were wearing wooly black balaclavas, although Polish media speculated that if they strike again - they might well have switched to gas masks.
Police are still looking for the crooks.
The wind blew the spray back over the pair, who staggered from the bank in the south-western city of Wroclaw empty handed.
A local police spokesman said: "They told the cashier to open the till and then tried to put her out of action to grab the cash - but the pepper sprayed back in their faces because of the blast of warm air from the heater.
"They only managed to escape because they had a pal outside in a getaway car."
Security cameras showed the crooks were wearing wooly black balaclavas, although Polish media speculated that if they strike again - they might well have switched to gas masks.
Police are still looking for the crooks.