Suspected overdose

Young inmate lay dead in cell in Innsbruck

The dramatic scenes took place in Innsbruck prison.

(Bild: Christian Forcher)

Drama in Innsbruck prison! Officers found an offender lying lifeless in his prison cell. The man is believed to have died of a drug overdose. He is said to have been particularly addicted to the "zombie drug" Spice, which is extremely dangerous and currently extremely popular.

Anyone who thinks that domestic prisons are hermetically sealed and therefore no drugs can be smuggled in is mistaken. Synthetic cannabinoids such as Spice are currently causing alarm in prisons. The danger is that they are odorless, tasteless and invisible - and they are not easy to dose.

"Spice and drugs in play"
A recent case in Innsbruck prison shows just how dangerous these illegal substances really are: an inmate was found dead in his prison cell, which he is said to have shared with three other inmates. He probably died of a drug overdose. Staff discovered him in the morning.

"The man had been addicted for a long time. He mainly consumed the 'zombie drug' Spice, and drugs were also repeatedly involved," some prison officers told the "Krone". The dramatic scenes took place on November 23rd - as confirmed by Hansjörg Mayr, spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Innsbruck. It is unclear whether the cause of death was actually an overdose. "Because the autopsy results are still pending," Mayr emphasizes. 

"Not a bad guy"
According to "Krone" information, it is said to be an 18-year-old Afghan who is not the first person to have served a prison sentence behind Swedish bars. He is also said to have spoken fluent German and was "not a bad guy", but also "not a model prisoner". "There were always problems with him," the officials say.