Short-sighted thieves flee service station fogCHRISTINA PERSICO/STUFF Mobil offers FuelUp offers from New World and Pak 'n Save. Fog is proving to be an effective weapon in the fight against service station robbers. Three men smashed their way into the Huntly Mobil station at 11.40pm on Sunday night but quick-thinking staff locked themselves in the office and deployed their weapon - a fog cannon. READ MORE:* Police looking for dairy robber* Arrests made after service station and restaurant robberies in Waikato* Cigarettes stolen in service station smash-and-grabs* Fog cannon thwarts Auckland service station burglaryThey left in a vehicle that was stolen in Ngaruawahia earlier in the evening - it was later found abandoned back in Ngaruawahia. Police said the service station workers were shaken yet unharmed in the incident.

Source: Stuff August 27, 2017 20:15 UTC