Police: 5 suspected of stealing 9.5 tons of garlic
From Associated Press
June 27, 2012 10:26 AM EDT
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police did not need sniffing dogs to locate this
suspected heist — 9.5 tons of garlic.
The Austria Press Agency says police stopped three overloaded and sagging
vans about to cross into Hungary from Austria on Wednesday and found them packed
to the roof with the pungent cargo. After questioning the five men in the
vehicles they charged them on suspicion of receiving stolen goods.
Police say the garlic apparently came from Spain and estimate its value at
€30,000 ($37,500). The men — all Romanian nationals — were not named, in line
with Austrian privacy laws.
APA cites one officer as saying it was clear what the vans were carrying even
before their doors were opened.
"All three vehicles really stunk like garlic," he says.
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