Apologies!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Hughes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:23 PM Subject: [obsnw] Re: Burglary - 16 Low Street > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Michael Kempen <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> A "Special Assignment" programme last year highlighted a particular herb >> that is used by many burglars. They light it outside the home and the >> fumes >> from it have a very powerful neutralising effect. It has apparently been >> used with great success in the Woodstock area. Maybe the people at >> Woodstock >> Police Station know something about it? I cannot for the life of me >> remember >> the herb or plant that is used. > > > The only thing the program highlighted that I remember was that the > "herb" as you put had no effect whatsoever. > > It was supposed to be Hyena fur if I remember correctly. > > try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_gas although no references are > cited. > > It seems unlikely that this happens and in more likley hood is a bit > of an urban myth. Look what happened when the Russians used a > knock-out gas in that theater in 2002 - 139 dead civilians. I think > that any gas pumped into a house to knock someone out is going to have > to be nearly lethal in quantities to have an effect. Therefore you > could expect deaths if this was a regular method of performing > robberies. > > I can;t argue with the symptoms of the victims but really wanted to > comment on the inaccuracy of the next post especially since the > programme in question debunked that myth. > > But no matter how they did it it is certainly worrying the criminals > are happy to steal stuff from right under our noses. Well done to the > police for capturing the crooks before the owners were even aware of > what happened. > > Trev > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
