Stolen goods in the car

Police stop “rampage” of drugged driver (46)

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(Bild: Uta Rojsek-Wiedergut)

He will probably be facing several charges! On Wednesday in Innsbruck, the police pulled a Turkish man (46) out of traffic who repeatedly disregarded red lights in his car, attacked and threatened a driving instructor and had a stolen mountain bike in the trunk. The man was under the influence of drugs.

A driving instructor contacted the police on Wednesday afternoon and reported assaults and a dangerous threat by an initially unknown man in the area of a shopping center in the west of Innsbruck. The driving instructor was able to give the officers the license plate number of the car used by the alleged perpetrator.

Running several red lights
At the same time, a police emergency call was made to report that the driver of the car had disregarded all traffic regulations in the city of Innsbruck and had run several red lights. "A police patrol was finally able to stop and check the driver, a 46-year-old Turkish man, in the Maximilianstraße area," said the police.

Driving license temporarily confiscated
During the vehicle check, a stolen mountain bike was discovered in the trunk and the driver was subsequently found to be impaired by fatigue and narcotics by the public health officer. "The man's driver's license was temporarily confiscated on the spot and he was prohibited from continuing to drive," said the investigators.