“It was such a nightmare” Burglars surprised Elyas M’Barek while he was sleeping In Ibiza, burglars surprised Elyas M’Barek and his wife Jessica while they were sleeping. © imago images/APress International Elyas M’Barek’s house has been broken into. The acting star has now spoken about the “traumatic experience” in a podcast. The primary residence of…
“The acid burglar gang” is the name given to the criminals behind this new, unprecedented technique. Their process is well established: rather than a crowbar, they attack the locks using a corrosive product based on acid and liquid nitrogen to open doors more easily and silently. More than 80 people were victims in one month…
Unknown perpetrators in Launsdorf used the weekend to break into a company building. But their prey wasn’t high… “Between Friday and Sunday, previously unknown perpetrators broke out two windows of a company building in Launsdorf,” reports the police. “They stole several hundred euros in cash from a doctor’s practice and an office.” How much damage…
Picture Philips Hue If Philips Hue has made a name for itself in the world of connected lamps, the company has not extended its field of activity beyond that. And this, until today. Starting this fall, Philips Hue will launch its first range of home security cameras. Of course, they will work with the…
Burglars in Klagenfurt and in the Lavanttal made comparatively little loot, but they left property damage, a lot of work involved in organizing the repairs and, above all, the fear that remains when strangers rummage through your belongings. On Tuesday night, burglars smashed the side window of a parked car in St. Andrä and stole…
Chase on foot! A 45-year-old from Grieskirchner screamed after two men who apparently wanted to break into his car beforehand. The alarmed police were finally able to arrest the two alleged perpetrators: They were sitting in a guest garden. The man from Grieskirchner returned to his car parked in Wels on Thursday afternoon. Then he…
A 56-year-old resident of a family home in Unterlangkampfen in the Tyrolean district of Kufstein caught two burglars in the act on Thursday night and fled. One of the suspects (28) was later tracked down and arrested. Since the man was in the country illegally, he was detained pending deportation. The second man is on…
This week, as yet unknown perpetrators broke into the workshop of the Nostalgiebahnen Kärnten in St. Veit and burglars cleared out an empty house in Eisenkappel-Vellach. The perpetrators are likely to have struck sometime between last Sunday and Friday. “Several machines and tools were stolen from the club workshop of the nostalgic railways,” reports the…
Two burglars made big loot on Wednesday night in the Tyrolean town of Kufstein: They broke into a jewelry store and cleared the entire display. The strangers then fled before the police arrived. The perpetrators are said to have struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning, around 3:30 a.m. Witnesses observed the two and…
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…
Several thousand euros in damage and annoyance were left behind by unknown persons at the Salzburg Literature House over the weekend. In addition, the burglars are likely to have been drinking alcohol during the crime. The literature house in Salzburg’s Strubergasse was broken into last weekend. In addition to broken locks, completely devastated premises and…
What’s next after this ad NEWSLETTERS fun, news, tips… what else? Burglars have no shortage of ideas for stealing what they want. In particular theft by trickery, which allows them to enter a house without breaking in, taking advantage of the weakness of the inhabitants. In the Var, some people have paid the price. A…
