closures in the form of drawers 14 slidably supported by a drawer bounding cabinet frame 16 for independent movement between closed and open conditions the construction and design of cabinet 10 may be conventional in all respects and thus forms no part of the present invention other than as same is employed in combination with the security device of the present invention which is generally designated as 20 in fig1 3 however to facilitate description of the present invention including an understanding of the mode of operation thereof cabinet 10 will be described in part as including at least two adjacently disposed drawers including a first drawer 14a and a second drawer 14b forming for example the upper two drawers of a desk pedestal wherein such drawers include front surfaces 22a and 22b end edges 24a and 24b and parallel side edges 26a and 26b end edges 24a and 24b are disposed in essential alignment and side edges 26a and 26b are disposed relatively adjacent one another when drawers 14a and 14b are disposed in their closed positions shown in fig1 and 2 further in the illustrated cabinet construction frame 16 is shown in part as including a frame member.