Police arrest man after text threats in Garsten

A 35-year-old man was arrested after text-message threats triggered a major police operation in Garsten on Monday afternoon, ORF reported.

The man allegedly sent his former girlfriend messages urging her to harm an acquaintance in exchange for a reward. The chat also contained threats against a police station, according to the Upper Austria State Police Directorate. The woman immediately alerted police.

Officers from the Cobra special forces unit, the Rapid Intervention Group and police from the Steyr-Land district searched for the man. They quickly found him in an apartment in Garsten, arrested him and took him to prison.