Church thieves caught – Stolen crucifix turned up at car stop

During a check in Fritzens, police officers from Wattens found cash and a crucifix from the church in Buch that had just been stolen from two Poles living in Innsbruck. You have been arrested.

Perpetrators, who were initially unknown, stole a gold-plated crucifix from the church in Buch near Jenbach on Wednesday this week between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., which “Krone” reported. The police searched for the strangers and were quickly successful. Because on the same day at around 3:50 p.m. officers checked two people and their car in the area of ​​the parish church in Fritzens – and the police officers found what they were looking for. In the car of the two Poles – 38 and 57 years old – there was exactly the gold-plated crucifix that had been missing from the church in Buch for a few hours. In addition, according to the police, there was cash in the car and a typical tool for burglary victims’ stock. The perpetrators confessed. The 38- and 57-year-olds were arrested, they confessed and admitted to other similar thefts. They are also responsible for the theft of a sacrificial box in the Fritzens parish church. The 57-year-old was reported at large and his accomplice was taken to the Innsbruck prison. The provisional amount of damage amounts to a mid five-digit euro amount.
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