Pickpockets nabbed in Carinthia

Two young men arrested in Völkermarkt, Carinthia, on Wednesday are accused of having made 7,000 Euros by stealing from people at motorway service areas across the country, police said today (Fri).

The felons, aged 19 and 22, are in custody. They are suspected of being behind a string of pickpocketing offences at highway rest stops in Lower Austria and Styria.

Investigations are ongoing, it was announced today.