Police beat the gang of burglars in Lower Austria: 21 deeds clarified!

Police beat the gang of burglars in Lower Austria: 21 deeds clarified!

In a remarkable success, the police in Lower Austria excavated a suspected burglar gang. The investigation by LKA Lower Austria, which has been running since January 2025, led to the arrest of five North Macedonian citizens aged 20 to 26, which should be responsible for a total of 21 burglaries. This gang had been active since November 2024 and had targeted residential buildings, machines and even a company in the border area in Upper Austria, such as 5min.at reported.

The arrest occurred on February 12, 2025 after a dawn slump in Hellmonsödt, a place in the Urfahr-Umgebung district. Four of the suspects were caught in Pregarten in the Freistadt district in a fresh act. The public prosecutor's office Linz gave the arrangement for the transfer of the arrested men to the Linz judiciary, where they now have to wait for their further legal steps. A 20-year-old accomplice, which was also involved, had stolen goods with himself and was reported on the free foot, as the courier underlined.

Burglary numbers at an overview of

The gang members are attributed to the responsibility for 15 burglaries in residential buildings, five in machines and one in a company. The prey mainly includes cash, jewelry and precious metals, which estimates the value of the stolen goods at over 145,300 euros. The property damage amounts to more than 159,000 euros, which together is a total damage of over 304,300 euros. This shows the wide range of activities of this gang, which ranged from St. Pölten via Amstetten to numerous other districts. According to Kurier were the districts of Perg, Urfahr-Umgeben, Linz-Land, Welskirchen and Amstetten under the affected areas.

activity and reactions

The police have become a good picture in public with this successful blow against the burglar gang. The investigation covered an extensive burglary group, the methods and procedures of which of the police are now known in detail. It is not only the quantity of the burglaries that is worrying, but also the sophistication with which the perpetrators were doing.

The arrests are a positive signal for the population that is consistently taken against crime. After all, the bourgeois are affected by the burglaries and can now hope for increased police presence in the affected areas. The LKA Lower Austria will continue the investigation to identify the remaining members of the gang and prevent other deeds, as other reports from 5min.at suggest.