TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A robber was arrested within one minute of parking his Porsche convertible outside a bank in Kaohsiung and walking inside, reports said Friday (Feb. 11).

The incident happened at noon at a Chang Hwa Bank branch in the district of Gushan, CNA reported. A man parked a black Porsche Boxster outside and walked in holding a converted handgun.

As he threatened staff and told them to fill a plastic bag from a convenience store with cash, a bank clerk rang a bell under the counter, alerting a police patrol nearby. As the robber struggled to fire his gun, the officers used pepper spray and managed to overpower him.

The whole attempted robbery took less than a minute before the 51-year-old suspect, surnamed Yeh (葉), was taken away for questioning. The sports car belonged to his wife, according to the Liberty Times.

Later reports said the man had bought the car second-hand for NT$1.2 million (US$43,000) and given it to his wife as a birthday present seven years ago. However, due to a faltering business venture, he had become indebted to the tune of NT$1 million and needed money fast, leading to his plan to rob a bank, CNA reported.