A spectacular chase took place in the Oberpullendorf district of Burgenland on Thursday morning. A smuggler tried to run away from the police in his car at breakneck speed – arrest!
A car with French number plates had been in the sights of the director for quite some time. After it was sighted again in Kleinmutschen on Friday morning, three patrol vehicles gave chase.
Driven against one-way traffic
When the police tried to stop the vehicle, the 26-year-old French driver stepped on the accelerator. So he raced in the center of Oberpullendorf at speeds of up to 110 km/h and against the one-way traffic. As a result, he entered the S31 in Neutal and increased his speed to 180 km/h. The escape ended on the B62 in the direction of Deutschkreutz, where the driver suddenly ran across a parking lot into a wooded area. He then jumped out of the car and fled.
Inside the vehicle, police found 12 illegal cross-border commuters who applied for asylum. The smuggler himself was arrested moments later at a bus stop on Markt St. Martin. A suspected accomplice, who drove ahead in another car with a French number to investigate the situation, was able to escape for the time being.
More chase
A few hours earlier, there had also been a chase by a towing vehicle in Andau in the Neusiedl am See district. The driver – a 43-year-old Ukrainian – tried to evade a police check at the border crossing by driving away at excessive speed. After a brief escape, police officers in Tadten were able to detain and arrest him. The smuggler was taken to Eisenstadt prison. Six migrants who also applied for asylum were in the car.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the breakneck attempts of the smugglers. “But both cases show once again that traffickers have no respect for human lives,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said. The fight against this form of organized crime will therefore be pursued consistently.
Source: Krone
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