Prison escapees starting in Austria burglary series – Carinthia
The police became aware of a fugitive prison inmate during a traffic stop. He had previously committed numerous burglaries.
During a routine traffic check, the Carinthian police caught a duo of thieves. A 31-year-old man who previously escaped from a German prison begins with six counts of burglary and four attempted break-ins.
Accomplice also arrested
The man broke into commercial properties, veterinary practices, a kindergarten, a supermarket, as well as a restaurant and a driving school. He was partially aided in his actions by a 28-year-old accomplice, for whom there are multiple national arrest warrants in Germany.
A 29-year-old woman from the St. Veit district is also suspected of having given the 31-year-old main perpetrator an illegally obtained duplicate key to a veterinary practice. In addition to cash and veterinary medicines, which are used as a drug substitute, more than 200 cartons of cigarettes were stolen and some were resold to buyers in Germany.
Furthermore, in the course of the official act, a forged license, an indoor cannabis plantation, and cannabis planted in a piece of forest could be seized. The perpetrators gave drug addiction and gambling addiction as the motive for the crime. The main perpetrator is still in custody, the accomplices will be reported after the investigations have been completed. There was total damage in the lower five-digit euro range.