The problem
Retail crime in South Africa is fast, organised, and relentless. For one leading pharmacy chain, high-value products like perfumes and cosmetics made their stores a prime target for smash-and-grab break-ins.
Despite layered security including CCTV, alarms, and shutters, losses continued to rise. Criminals were not deterred. They adapted, breached, and escaped before anyone could respond.
The options
The business had already invested heavily in traditional security. On paper, it looked solid. In reality, it was not stopping the problem.
CCTV recorded the crime. Alarms triggered after entry. Physical barriers slowed intruders but did not stop them. The gap was clear. Nothing was disrupting the crime as it happened.
The solution
Smoke Screen deployed a Rapid Deploy fog system as an immediate response, installed within hours to protect high-risk stores while a long-term strategy was rolled out.
The impact was immediate. Fog filled stores in seconds, destroying visibility and forcing intruders to abandon the attempt. No visibility. No theft.
The rollout expanded to over 600 stores, delivering an 85% reduction in burglary losses and turning vulnerable sites into no-go zones for criminals.
Secure your business
If your stores rely on alarms and cameras alone, you are reacting, not preventing. Security fog changes that. It acts instantly, disrupts immediately, and stops loss before it happens.
Because when criminals cannot see what they are doing, they do not stick around. Can’t see it. Can’t steal it.
