Suspended immediately – Carinthian police officer hid assault rifle in garage

The StG-77, missing from a police inspection in Wels for eight years, turned up during a so-called reliability check by the Carinthian police officer (35), who was known as a gun nut. In 2015, when the weapon disappeared, the officer was on duty in the Upper Austrian city. Wrapped in a blanket, the fully automatic assault rifle now lay in his garage.

Imprisonment of two years possible
The search found 19 weapons – ten rifles, nine pistols – as well as 5,100 rounds of ammunition and prohibited war materials. However, the police officer can no longer be accused of stealing the assault rifle, which is also used thousands of times by the military. Because the law would already be out of date. The Carinthian inspector was nevertheless reported for possession of war material, which carries a prison sentence of two years.

Twelve Glock pistols lost
In addition to the assault rifle that has now surfaced, twelve Glock handguns are still considered stolen, lost, or simply untraceable by police. Even though there are only a few black sheep in the ranks of the executive branch, police officers are often very quick to suspect.

Police officer wrongly labeled as a fraud
For example, a police officer who works for the fire brigade in Guntersdorf (Lower Austria) was investigated on suspicion of infidelity. The completely innocent man was accused of diverting money from the Florianis.

In fact, the policeman had deposited the “disappeared” €30,000 in a savings account for the fire brigade. “Of course, all investigations against the man were then stopped,” says his lawyer Manfred Arbacher-Stöger.