Huge cache of loot

Eastern gang made 250,000 euros in loot

The more than enormous cache of loot belonging to the Romanian gang that has now been broken up, which mainly raged on building sites in southern Lower Austria.(Bild: Policia Româna/zVg)

A Romanian quintet saw building sites in the south of the country as a self-service store - the gang made a haul of 250,000 euros before they were broken up!

They swarmed out like predatory hornets and combed through building sites, storage areas and company premises throughout southern Lower Austria. The objects of their thieving desires: High-quality machines, equipment, but also anything else that was not nailed down, such as high-quality bicycles, lawnmowers. baby carriages, special drills and so on! The quintet made particularly rich pickings in coups in Brunn am Gebirge, Wiener Neudorf, Himberg, but also in Vienna!

Criminals deliberately sent into the country
Until the gang was broken up thanks to outstanding international police work, the head of the gang was a 46-year-old man who gave his men specific orders and sent them to Austria with the money in their pockets. The main suspect - who claims to have only acted as a lookout - was arrested in his home country. His accomplices had previously revealed the location of the loot bunker to the detectives. It was literally overflowing. Other hiding places were also revealed. Estimated total value of the stolen property: almost 250,000 euros.

No trial date set yet
"My client was transferred and has been in custody in Korneuburg prison ever since. He is being tried for the crime of commercial theft as part of a criminal organization - partly by burglary," explains Constantin-Adrian Nitu, the experienced defence lawyer of the suspected compatriot. The lawyer naturally wants to keep the penalty range as low as possible: six months to five years! However, Nitu has not yet received a summons for the main trial.