Police warn of bathing salts drug craze

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More and more teenagers are consuming bathing salts to get high, police officials have warned.Hermann Feldbacher, a drug expert at the Upper Austrian police department, said today (Fri): “There is a trend for an increasing number of very young addicts to buy bathing salts, incense sticks and other cheap products.”Speaking to Viennese newspaper Heute, Feldbacher […]

Autopsy ordered as body found in Graz toilet

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State prosecutors have ordered an autopsy after the body of a young man was discovered in a public toilet in Graz.Reports by local media have it that the 23-year-old, who was found lying on the floor of a public lavatory near the opera yesterday (Thurs), was addicted to drugs.The Federal Institute for Health said recently […]

Nigerian €300,000 drug smugglers caught at VIA

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Custom officials have arrested two drug couriers trying to smuggle illegal substances worth 300,000 into Austria.Police said today (Tues) that two Nigerians were arrested after Vienna International Airport (VIA) officers discovered 2.7 kilograms of heroin and cocaine inside their bodies and weaved into their underwear.The men aged 37 and 35 arrived at Austria’s biggest airport […]

Burgenland man arrested over €1mn drug trade claims

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A Neusiedl am See resident is accused of having dealt drugs worth almost one million Euros.Police in the province of Burgenland said today (Fri) that the 31-year-old man was put in custody yesterday. He is suspected of having started the illegal activities at age 15.Officials said the street sale value of the substances the suspect […]

Drugged tram driver banned

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A tram driver faces disciplinary procedures for working while being high on drugs.Vienna public transport agency Wiener Linien announced today (Thurs) the 25-year-old was suspended after a drug test showed he steered a line 71 tram under the influence of illegal substances yesterday. The company did not reveal what kind of drugs the man had […]

Hash grower nabbed in Carinthia

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A dimwit Carinthian growing marijuana on a pasture close to a popular recreation area faces drug charges after being caught red-handed by police.Officials in Spittal said today (Thurs) the 20-year-old had harvested cannabis on a pasture near the Drau River meadows. Police, who confiscated several drug-producing devices, have already informed prosecutors who are set to […]

Austrian clubs Czech love rival to death

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An Austrian has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Prague court for beating a love rival to death.Judges at a court in the Czech capital heard yesterday (Tues) how the Austrian truck driver kidnapped the 21-year-old man after finding out that the Czech had met his girlfriend.The defendant, 41, however accused the […]

Hash plant discovered as renter welcomes police

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Lower Austrian police have said they discovered a cannabis farm in a flat after smelling marijuana when they were at the building investigating a different case.Officials in Krems district said today (Tues) Maria Laach two policemen asked a resident whether they could check his apartment after they noticed the suspicious odour at a housing estate.Police […]

Three €600,000 drug mules nabbed at VIA

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Vienna International Airport (VIA) custom officers arrested three drug couriers trying to smuggle illegal substances worth more than half a million Euros inside their bodies.VIA authorities said today (Fri) the suspects – a 35-year-old Spanish woman, a 25-year-old Spaniard and a 31-year-old man from the USA – arrived individually at VIA on a flight from […]

Klagenfurt police arrest four heroin dealers

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Police said drug dealers they had arrested on the weekend had earned more than 600,000 Euros selling heroin during the past 11 months.Investigators in Klagenfurt announced today (Mon) the four-member all-male gang aged 19 to 22 had been taken into custody and 1.8 kilograms of heroin had been confiscated.Police found out the gang – who […]