Suspicion of Theft in Vienna Hair Salon: Two Men Arrested

The Vienna police need to solve a mysterious theft. Officers from the task force for combating street crime (EGS) noticed two suspects on Wednesday because they were following an elderly passerby by car in Meidling. When the woman entered a hair salon, one of the men followed her, stole money from the cash drawer, and ran away. When the police officers entered the shop, it was empty and the elderly woman had disappeared.

Suspected Theft in Vienna-Meidling: Interrogations Could Not Yet Be Conducted

According to current findings - the interrogations could not yet be conducted - the shop owner was just in the restroom and placed her wallet in the cash drawer. When one of the men entered the hair salon, he simply grabbed it and made off with loot amounting to almost 1,000 euros. The two men - a 32 and 36-year-old Romanian - drove away in their car with a Polish license plate. Police officers pursued them and were able to arrest the duo relatively quickly. The money was still with them. The wallet was later secured at a glass container.

When additional officers arrived at the hair salon to inform the owner about the theft, the elderly lady - presumably a customer - had disappeared. It is now to be clarified where the woman went and whether she might have initially been intended as the victim of a so-called bank follow-up robbery, as she had been followed by the men for a longer period.

(APA/Red)

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