Police seize 200 kg of cannabis from a truck followed to Traiskirchen
On 13 July 2026 officers followed a Bulgarian articulated truck from the Spielfeld border to Traiskirchen and arrested the 58-year-old driver and a 30-year-old man as 200 kg of cannabis herb was handed over. Police put the street value above 2 million euros. Half the load was meant to go on to Greece.
A tip reached the Federal Criminal Police Office on 12 July 2026 that a Bulgarian articulated
truck would carry a large amount of cannabis herb from Spain through France and Italy or Slovenia
into Austria.[1]The next day, 13 July, officers saw the truck enter from Slovenia at the
Spielfeld crossing and followed it to the planned unloading point in Traiskirchen, in the Baden
district.[1]
They arrested the 58-year-old Bulgarian driver and the man who was to take the drugs, a
30-year-old Slovenian living in Vienna.[1]Both partly admitted the facts.[1]On the orders of
the Graz prosecutor they were taken to St. Pölten prison.[1]
Of the 200 kilograms of cannabis herb seized, 100 kilograms were for the 30-year-old, who was to
receive them for an international group.[1]The other 100 kilograms, still in the trailer, were
to go on to Greece after the handover in Traiskirchen.[1]Another 6 kilograms that looked like
cocaine tested as a dummy with no active ingredient.[1]Police put the street value of the
cannabis above 2 million euros.[1]NÖN reported the same weights, arrests and route from the
police press conference in St. Pölten on 22 October.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout, credited to the Lower Austria criminal investigation office, of the cannabis said to have been smuggled by truck.Photo details
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Vienna police arrested a 17-year-old Swiss and a 19-year-old German after a group sprayed trains at Heiligenstadt station on 2 November 2026, firing two warning shots as three suspects fled. Officers seized 15 spray cans and sprayer gear along with suspected hashish in a plastic bag.
Graz traffic police found four drivers unfit to drive on 1 November 2026 during drink- and drug-driving checks, seizing licences and banning five people from continuing. Officers also seized a small amount of cannabis herb and filed one report under Austria's Narcotics Act.
Police in Salzburg watched a 30-year-old alleged dealer and a 67-year-old alleged buyer complete a cannabis handover beside a parked patrol car on 31 October 2026. Officers seized about 40 grams from the dealer and about three grams from the buyer and reported both men while leaving them at liberty.
