Three thieves are set to celebrate a good Christmas after breaking into a gourmet butchers and making off with the entire stock of a half a ton of speciality meats, including deer, pheasant and wild duck. The crooks also stole several bottles of vintage wine after breaking into the store room in Vienna’s posh Naschmarkt. […]
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Wooden pizza chef theft flops
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Three Austrians could be prosecuted for theft in Germany after nicking a life-size figure at a pizzeria. The trio were part of a 30-member group of friends spending Wednesday’s Austrian National Holiday in neighbouring Bavaria. Online newspaper OVB quotes from a Berchtesgaden police report: “The trio had the grand idea to kidnap the wooden figure.” […]
Five would-be bank robbers were arrested after courageous clerks challenged them.Staff at the branch in Oberwang, Upper Austria, got involved in a scuffle with the gang, police said today (Fri) about yesterdays failed robbery.The wannabe bank robbers aged between 17 and 24 were caught a few minutes after the incident only a few kilometres […]
Four Upper Austrian teenagers are facing youth crime charges for stealing dozens of bottles of schnapps and sweets from a snack bar in Linz last night (Weds/Thurs).The gang of four aged between 15 and 17 were caught trying to break into a sports equipment shop in the city after the stores alarm went off. They […]
Car theft figures dwindle
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A sharp decline in car theft numbers has been reported.The Federal Crime Office (BK) announced today (Weds) 1,915 cars were stolen in the first nine months of this year, down from 3,982 incidents in the same period of 2009.The BK also said the number of car break-ins declined from 16,645 to 13,272 year on year […]
Hot-air balloons stolen
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Lower Austrian police have started investigating the theft of three hot-air balloons.The folded balloons, together worth more than 180,000 Euros, were nicked from a company estate in Guntramsdorf. The owners of the balloons – called Pink Cameron, Eispeter and Casino Baden – reported the theft on Sunday, according to a police statement from today (Tues).Various […]
Car registrations edge up
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The number of registered cars is on the rise, new figures show.Federal statistics agency Statistik Austria announced today (Mon) that 35,246 cars were registered last month. The body said this figure meant a 5.3 per cent year on year rise.It added that, with 51,460, there were 1.5 per cent more registrations between January and September […]
Eight beehives stolen in Vorarlberg
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Vorarlberg police said a beekeeper rival might be behind a beehive theft which occurred over the weekend.Officials in Doren said yesterday (Tues) it was unlikely that the thief who made off with eight hives – home to 250,000 bees – did not know about beekeeping.An estimated 1,800 Euros worth of damage was caused by the […]
Car theft figures down sharply
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The number of car theft dropped dramatically in the first quarter of this year, new figures have shown.Crime investigation official Rainer Erhart said yesterday (Tues) 939 cars had been stolen across the country during the first three months of 2010. He stressed this was a 53 per cent decline to the same period of the […]