Cat owners in Styria have been advised by police to shave their pets after more than 50 cats went missing in two months.Detectives hope the move will thwart the crooks who they believe are stealing the animals for their coats.”Cat fur goes for just 20 Euros in Hungary,” one undercover investigator said today (Mon).”But maybe […]
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A cancer-suffering Viennese claims he suffered serious injuries when he was beaten up by a policeman after complaining about an unjust parking ticket.The mans lawyer Marcus Januschke said today (Thurs) his client was attacked by an officer outside a station in Vienna-Floridsdorf.”The assault occurred out of the blue,” Januschke claimed, adding that fresh post-surgery had […]
Would-be robber caught ‘red-handed’
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A would-be robber needed treatment at a hospital after he cut open his hand trying to break a café window Tuesday night.Police said today (Thurs) two officers on patrol arrested the man cowering next to the broken window of a local in Viennas Favoriten district.They said the man had been attempting to break into the […]
A Romanian man accused of setting a prostitute on fire in a feud over protection money payments was arrested yesterday (Weds).Vienna police said today Adrian Bogdan “Cretu” Negrei, 29, from Cluj-Napoca has been put in custody after a team from the special police unit Cobra stormed a flat in Alsergrund district yesterday.Officials said another wanted […]
A woman from Salzburg was reunited with her baby five hours after the girl was kidnapped at a shopping centre.Nina Zwilling was in an H&M store in Salzburgs Europark mall when she noticed that baby Nora was no longer in her cradle yesterday morning (Weds).The mother-of-three who was also accompanied by her two-year-old boy […]
An Austrian and his Dutch girlfriend were arrested after police discovered more than 500 marijuana plants at their homes attic yesterday (Weds).Officials in the Dutch city of Kerkrade announced today the man, 46, and his 36-year-old partner were accused of illegally selling cannabis. They added a special police squad stormed the house after having received […]
Georgian threatens Graz crane jump
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A Georgian threatened to jump off a crane in the city centre of Graz over unpaid social subsidies today (Weds).The 46-year-old told police he would commit suicide if Styrian officials did not pay up allegedly overdue benefits.Police closed down Andreas Hofer Square, and chief negotiator Eduard Hamedl was lifted up on a platform to speak […]
A have-a-go tobacconist scared off an armed robber by throwing a pack of cigarettes straight into his face, yesterday (Weds).Graz police said the 56-year-old shop owner did not hesitate when the robber demanded money from him at gunpoint and chucked the pack of Gauloises straight into the gunmans face.The would-be robber and his accomplice waiting […]
A 37-year-old Hungarian has been arrested after police found 500 packets of cigarettes worth 40,000 Euros stashed in his car last night (Tues).A spokesman for Austrian motorway police forces said today (Weds) the man who didnt have a valid driving licence was stopped on the A1 western motorway near the Eberstalzell exit in Upper Austria.This […]
A Briton has been arrested for trying to smuggle six Afghans illegally into France.Police in Kufstein, Tyrol, said today (Mon) the British driver, 34, told them that the six passengers of whom one was found in the boot were friends of a friend and he agreed to give them a lift to Paris […]