Linz woman’s pursuit helps police arrest suspected burglary gang

A woman’s pursuit of two burglars in Linz helped police locate a getaway car and arrest three suspects after further break-ins, ORF reported.

On November 3, the woman surprised two people stealing jewellery from her ground-floor apartment. They fled through the patio door. She alerted a neighbour, who called police, and followed the burglars herself. She spotted their getaway car, where a third man was waiting.

Police traced the rental car to Vienna and kept it under observation. On November 5, the suspects were chased away from an attempted break-in at an apartment in Wiener Neustadt. They later stole coins during a burglary in Baden and were arrested by police.

The suspects are two Albanian nationals, aged 32 and 35, and a 27-year-old Kosovan. Police recovered much of the stolen jewellery during a search of a home. The men admitted in questioning to committing several burglaries. Investigators also linked them to a break-in in Wilhering in early November. They were transferred to Linz prison on the order of the Linz public prosecutor’s office.