Perfume thieves caught in the act: police chase the perpetrators!

In a remarkable case of theft in the Spittal region on the Drau and Villach, an unknown perpetrator has specialized in perfumes several times during a short period of time. According to gailtal-journal.at , these incidents occurred between the 4th and March 2025 in various drugstore. The thief escaped with high -priced perfumes with a total value of several hundred euros and has so far remained unidentified, while the police started the investigation.

On March 8, 2025, another unknown perpetrator also tried to steal perfumes worth several hundred euros from a drugstore in Villach. However, he was stopped by an attentive employee and then fled after dropping the stolen articles, meinbezirk.at . After his escape, he tried his luck in two other drugstores in Villach and Feldkirchen, where he stole perfumes again.

arrests and stolen goods

a day earlier, civil servants of the crime service observed how three men put in a pocket in a drugstore in Spittal on the Drau Perfums and then left the branch. These men were persecuted by the police, but could be checked and arrested with their escape vehicle. In the vehicle, officials found stolen goods worth several thousand euros, which they ensured. As part of the interrogations, one of the suspects, a 23-year-old, confessed that he had committed several thefts throughout Austria with his accomplices. The three men were brought to the Klagenfurt judgment at the public prosecutor's office.