Romanian car thieves who were moving their loot through Austria and into Hungary are under arrest after being stopped on their way back to their homeland with a dismantled top-of-the-range BMW X6 car in the back of their truck. Police said the crooks had just crossed into Hungary from Austria when they were pulled over […]
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Thieves stole a bus from a bus company depot on Sunday night or the early hours of Monday The twelve metre long bus was stolen from the depot in Amstetten. Police believe the thieves have already left the country with the bus. The luxury 52-seater tour bus made by the company Setra has an estimated […]
Mountainbike WM begins
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The Mountain Bike World Championships opened in Saalfelden in Pinzgau last night (Weds). More than 750 mountain bikers from around the world are to take part in the event. From today training will start for the down hill course in Leogang in Pinzgau. Ten Austrians (Seven men and three women) are competing in the event. […]
The slogan “love for the fatherland instead of Moroccan thieves” has got the FPÖ’s leading candidate in the Innsbruck municipal elections into financial trouble. The Innsbruck hotel owner August Penz, who was also a prominent FPÖ candidate in the municipal elections in Innsbruck, suffered a financial set back after many of his hotel guests cancelled […]
Steel joist theft reported
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Plucky thieves made off with steel girders weighing almost 30 tons, it has been revealed.Officials in Eggelsberg, Upper Austria, said today (Thurs) that 14 stainless steel joists each weighing two tons disappeared from a local companys indoor storage site during the night.The thieves are suspected of lifting the objects up with a special crane truck […]
Would-be car thieves did a runner when the triathlon athlete owner was woken by the noise they made.Police in Schönbühel, Lower Austria, said today (Tues) they were investigating after Saturday nights incident in which an unidentified trio stole car keys and mobile phones from the British couple sleeping in a tent at a local camping […]