PHARMACY robberies are rarely anything to chuckle about, but occasionally karma comes almost instantly to the would-be bandit.
One such moment of terror-turned hilarity occurred in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, when a thief's getaway plans were foiled before he could flee the scene.
Operating with a "bank-style" double door entrance, the 30-year-old Dubliner thought he was in the clear with his stash of stolen goods, only to find himself trapped between the store's inner and outer entrance doors of Stacks Pharmacy, the Sunday World reported.
Adding to the somewhat joyful failure of the robber's efforts, his capture was caught on camera and posted to social media platform, TikTok, under the title 'Robbery in progress. Dublin Darndale pharmacy robbery'.
Pharmacy owner, Ade Stack, said the caged thief caused a lot of damage attempting to smash his way out of the store, "but he was secured and kept away from our team by being stuck between the two bank doors".
"The reason the doors are there is to protect my team and we have them in a number of our pharmacies," she said.
"They act as a deterrent... so someone would know yes, you might rob the pharmacy but you won't be able to leave because you'll be stuck between the two bank doors."
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