Three held after Vienna car check finds cannabis and 165 g of cocaine
Vienna police arrested three people in a car in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus on the evening of 8 November 2026 after officers smelled cannabis and found about 165 grams of cocaine under the front passenger seat. Cannabis, cash and scales were also seized, and the 21-year-old driver lost his licence after refusing a medical examination.
🇦🇹 Sechshauser Straße, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th district), Vienna · Austria
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Polizeiinspektion Albert-Schweitzer-Gasse, Landeskriminalamt Wien
Vienna police stopped a car with Romanian plates in the Sechshauser Straße in
the 15th district at about 20:30 on 8 November 2026 during a routine patrol.[1][2]Officers from the Albert-Schweitzer-Gasse police station noticed a strong
cannabis smell from inside the car and found two of its three occupants
conspicuously nervous and without identity documents.[1]
A search of the car, backed by further officers, found a plastic bag with about
165 grams of cocaine under the front passenger seat.[1]Police seized cannabis
in the glove compartment and from the driver, and found a forged 20-euro
banknote on the 21-year-old Romanian driver.[1]Officers also found cash in
denominations typical of the drug scene and a precision scale in a bag.[1]
Because none of the three occupants would take responsibility for the cocaine,
all three were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking (Suchtgifthandel).[1]The three suspects were the 21-year-old Romanian driver, a 34-year-old Algerian
man and a 31-year-old Romanian woman.[1][2]The driver appeared to be under the
influence of drugs, refused a medical examination and had his driving licence
taken away on the spot.[3][1]The three suspects were taken to police custody and
the Vienna criminal investigation office’s West branch took over further
inquiries.[3][1]
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Polizeiinspektion Albert-Schweitzer-Gasse; Landeskriminalamt Wien, Außenstelle West
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No weight, form or count is given for the cannabis seized from the glove compartment and the driver.
No value estimate or cash amount was published, so neither is recorded.
The reports do not say whether the suspects were brought before a prosecutor or remanded in custody, and no charges or court outcome were reported.
The 165 grams of cocaine is outside the tracker's cannabis scope and is not counted as a cannabis figure.
The Nachrichten.jetzt account credits the Vienna police statement and is a reprint of the same release rather than independent reporting.
The submitted 5 Minuten page carries only a stock photograph labelled Symbolfoto, and the Nachrichten.jetzt page uses an AI-generated illustration, so no image of the event is listed.
The cannabis weight and form remain unstated.
No charges, remand decision or court outcome were reported.
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