A family-owned enterprise in Adelaide has turn into the town's newest sufferer in a string of mindless smash-and-steal robberies.
AAA Recycling within the northern suburb of Burton has been working for 38 years, and is now the third constructing to be rammed by a car in an tried heist in as many days.
At about 1.10am on Thursday morning, three thieves hooked up a strap to a stolen Nissan truck in an try and steal a protected from contained in the centre.
Enterprise proprietor Krystie Paltridge mentioned in all her years, she's by no means seen a theft fail fairly like this.
"It [the ute] got here un-strapped, they've come again, re-strapped it on, taken off once more, it got here un-strapped a second time, they've taken off once more and re-strapped it after which misplaced it an extra 500 metres down the highway," she mentioned after watching CCTV.
Police say the protected was too heavy for the trio and was deserted.
A short while later, they determined to set hearth to the ute they allegedly stole from St George on Sunday.
Whereas the bandits received away with nothing, the bungled try has left Paltridge reeling.
"We have got a lack of commerce, there's an enormous clean-up to undertake, clearly you'll be able to see our constructing must be half rebuilt," she mentioned.
"Idiots you realize, simply get a life, get a job, and your individual cash, do not take folks's work away from them".
It comes following a ram raid at Felixstow yesterday, in addition to a smash-and-grab the day earlier than at Bridgewater.
Police are probing whether or not the incidents are linked.