A flat tire revealed a Wild West story about fraud and drugs in the Innviertel. Two men got into an argument over the damage to a luxury car. Things got completely out of hand and took increasingly strange turns.
It was a wrecked Audi – slashed tires, broken windows, spilled brake fluid inside the car – that revealed a story about the Wild West in the Mattighofen area. The car belonged to a local Romanian car fanatic who had borrowed an expensive Mercedes from a crotchety luxury car rental company for a weekend and severely damaged it. But the 24-year-old car dealer was left with 20,000 euros in damages because the Romanian did not pay.
No contracts, no insurance
Because there were no good contracts, the plate damage could not be covered by insurance, and so the Austrian started threatening the debtor – including with a firearm. But the Romanian stuck to his position and because everyone involved had a criminal record, no charges were filed.
That is why the car dealer hired a convicted Syrian (29) from Salzburg as a brutal money collector. The 5,000 euros was poorly invested, the Romanian did not pay, but went to the police because his family was also threatened and wanted money from the insurance company for the ruined Audi.
Medicines in the freezer
Police then found cocaine in the car dealer’s freezer and a drug ring with dealers and customers in Salzburg was busted. Or in short: how a wrecked car led to four arrests.
Source: Krone
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