What a crazy idea: to supposedly protect his own car, a Croat (45) in the Tyrolean Zillertal quickly grabbed his boss’s car and mounted stolen number plates on it. When the suspect almost ended up in the clutches of the police, he fled. During the manhunt, the supervisor subsequently managed to persuade the alleged thief to turn himself in.
Sunday evening, around 6 p.m., Fügen in the Zillertal: The police have reported a license plate theft. While the ad was being shot on the spot, a stolen car – apparently too – suddenly drove by. “The driver was asked to stop the vehicle. However, he backed up and fled onto the Zillertal trunk road,” investigators said.
Boss with persuasion
After the search for the man had begun, the owner of the stolen car suddenly turned himself in The driver is probably one of his employees,” the investigators continued. The boss was finally able to persuade his employee – the suspect is a 45-year-old Croat – to return.
Suspect with a strange excuse
The suspected thief’s apology was more than curious. “He reportedly only used the car to protect his own car.” The 45-year-old makes a report to the public prosecutor in Innsbruck.
Source: Krone
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