A criminal gang broke into shops, inns and companies in three federal states in the past few months. After a burglary in Riegersburg (district of Southeast Styria), the gang was finally put down in Ilz. Two Romanian suspects, whose shelter was in Burck an der Mur, are now in custody in Upper Austria.
The Romanians are accused by the police of having committed burglaries in Piberbach (Linz-Land district), Gföhl and Albrechtsberg (Krems district), in the Krems cadastral district of Gneixendorf, in Lunz am See (Scheibbs district) and in Riegersburg in Styria since October last year Burglars had an apartment in BruckInvestigators from the State Criminal Police Office of Lower Austria had identified a possible murder vehicle after attempted break-ins in the Krems district in January. This is how the 37-year-old Romanian driver, who lives with a 34-year-old compatriot in Bruck an der Mur, could be identified. The men were arrested after four attempted burglaries in Riegersburg on Wednesday of the previous week in Aschau in the municipality of Ilz (Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district). convicted. Loot and burglary tools were secured. While the 37-year-old refused to testify, the younger suspect has confessed, according to the police. They stole tools, cash and clothing worth around 30,000 euros. The amount of property damage caused was not yet known.
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