Police in Airdrie are searching for three suspects after a man was attacked with bear spray during a break-and-enter robbery.

The victim was in an outbuilding on his rural property near Conrich, just east of Calgary, on Nov. 17 when he saw a suspicious car in his driveway, RCMP said in a release.  

As he spoke to a woman in the car, two men got out and assaulted him with bear spray.

After taking property from the residence, the culprits fled in a run-down, early 2000s, grey, four-door sedan with a black roof and black steel wheels.

The man