Boy in the trunk

Dealer rammed into police cars during wild pursuit

A picture of the arrest in St. Johann am Walde - a suspect lies handcuffed on the ground.

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It was a wild night in the Innviertel! According to initial reports, there was a chase right across the Braunau district - it was a case of police versus young dealers. In the end, the crooks - the driver was "on cocaine" - came out on top. There were a total of seven boys in the car - one of them was even in the trunk.

According to initial information, two emergency vehicles were also damaged during the operation, which involved more than half a dozen police patrols. It is still unclear whether the suspected drug dealers - seven 15- to 17-year-old boys from the Braunau district who are known to the police and were in the car - had deliberately rammed them or whether the accidents were caused by braking maneuvers during the chase.

17-year-old driver had cocaine in his blood
The suspects are said to have fled the scene near Eggelsberg after police officers tried to stop the car during a routine check on Sunday night. The driver, a 17-year-old Romanian from Mattighofen, who was driving his dad's car but without a driver's license, sped off towards the east.

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The pursuit continued for around 30 kilometers. The driver drove around two roadblocks before the car was stopped in St. Johann am Walde at around 3.30 am. All seven occupants - one of the boys was in the trunk due to lack of space, another tried to escape on foot - were arrested and the background to the escape must now be clarified. However, all suspects are known for drug offenses and the driver's drug test was positive for cocaine.