McDonald’s tracks burglars by spraying them with ‘artificial DNA’ as they make their getaway
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 at
7:26 pm
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Criminals are being showered with DNA as part of a controversial new security system being deployed in restaurants and offices.
The fine spray, which is almost identical to human DNA, is activated whenever a robbery takes places and covers the suspects as they make their getaway.
It can only be seen under UV light but contains markers that allow police to link the suspects to the scene of the crime upon arrest.
Outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Rotterdam which uses the device sits the sign which police say acts as big deterrent to would-be burglars: ‘You steal, you’re marked’.
