Serial coups in Vienna

Gang of villas preys on millionaire couple

In a quiet residential area in the upscale district of Döbling, the gang apparently targeted the Ferrari (symbolic image) of the ex-construction tycoon this time.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Martin Jöchl, Stock Adobe)

Serial offenders have been hunting down a dazzling construction tycoon and his wife in Vienna's posh Döbling district. After the third coup by the villa gang within a few months, fear spread. The millionaire couple even thought about moving away - now the police success!

It must be a horror for the former construction magnate and his wife. Recently, the alarm system at the family home in a quiet residential area went off - it was the third robbery in just a few months, presumably by the same gang of villas.

The never-ending nightmare for the now successful company boss and his wife in the east began last summer with a burglary and millions in loot. As the criminals knew that there was a lot to be had here, they returned a few weeks later.

Trio suddenly stood in front of the bed with a gun
During this brutal home invasion, the wife - her husband was on a business trip - was surprised in her sleep. The trio suddenly stood in front of the bed of the completely shocked victim with a handgun.

The woman in her mid-sixties was tied up and the three men snatched cash, jewelry and expensive handbags. Then they sped off in the woman's Mini with the loot. The small car was later recovered near the scene of the crime. Now the latest coup, which was fortunately foiled by the security system. The target of the serial offenders was probably a Ferrari in the garage, which they had not taken with them during the robbery ...

First traces of the perpetrators lead to the Balkans
After the series of crimes, fear is running rampant in Vienna's upmarket district of Döbling. According to reports, the millionaire couple who were literally stalked by the professional perpetrators were even thinking of moving away. The investigations by the State Office of Criminal Investigation were in full swing. Initial leads lead abroad, to the former Balkan countries.

Now, late on Monday evening, the elite Cobra police unit was called in to the Quellenstraße in Favoriten! A 37-year-old professional criminal from Bosnia and Herzegovina was arrested with a large amount of cash and jewelry! The suspected head of the villa gang also had a loaded handgun with him. The search for his two accomplices is continuing at full speed.