Men Arrested After 21 Burglaries in Upper and Lower Austria

A possible 20-year-old accomplice was reported according to police information on Tuesday. The North Macedonian citizens are said to have struck 15 times in residential houses and once in a company starting from November of the previous year. In addition, there are five ATM break-ins. The total damage amounts to around 304,000 euros.

Serial Burglaries in Lower & Upper Austria: Property Damage Greater Than Value of Stolen Goods

The four suspects were arrested on February 12 in Pregarten (Freistadt district). The men are said to have previously committed a twilight burglary in Hellmonsödt (Urfahr-Umgebung district). The partially confessing quartet was delivered to the prison in Linz on the orders of the public prosecutor's office.

During the burglaries, mainly cash, jewelry, and precious metals were stolen, according to the Lower Austria State Police Directorate. The value of the stolen goods amounts to over 145,000 euros, while the property damage was estimated at about 159,000 euros.

(APA/Red.)

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