Police in Vienna have cracked a group of boys and young men accused of crimes in five districts.Officials announced today (Fri) the 23 youths aged between 13 and 20 are suspected of dozens of break-ins, thefts and bodily harm offences in the districts of Innere Stadt, Mariahilf, Neubau, Meidling and Liesing. The alleged criminals were […]
A 37-year-old resident of Weidling near Klosterneuburg faces criminal charges after police found dozens of marijuana plants in his cellar today (Fri).The man, who was not put in custody, is suspected of selling the drugs harvested from the 60 stocks. Police said they searched his house after having received an anonymous tip-off.Consuming, growing and selling […]
Watches worth a quarter of a million Euros were stolen from a jeweller in a spectacular break-in on Christmas Day (Saturday), police said today (Mon).The unidentified criminals made off with 25 watches worth an overall 250,000 Euros in the break-in at a shop in the town centre of Kitzbühel, a posh Tyrolean ski resort.The burglary […]
Styrian fire-fighters rescued a fox trapped on an ice floe floating in the middle of a pond this morning (Fri).Officials in Wartberg said the local fire brigade used a canoe and a fishing net to bring the distressed animal to safety.Tourists enjoying the slopes informed lift operators after spotting the fox erratically going round in […]
Police in Upper Austria are investigating after dozens of roadside masts were destroyed at the weekend.Officials in Meggenhofen near Grieskirchen said today (Tues) the masts set up along the road as snow is expected to fall shortly were ripped out of the ground or cracked into pieces.The amount of damages has not yet […]
Hundreds of basements in the provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria were flooded yesterday (Weds) after days of continuous rainfall.Officials at Viennas Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) warned residents living near the Danube, Enns and other rivers to protect their homes as more rain is predicted over the next few days.But they stressed […]