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In Vienna-Döbling, unknown perpetrators stole thousands of kilograms of grapes. The Vienna State Police Department confirmed this on Saturday. As police spokesman Philipp Haßlinger explained, two wineries are likely to be affected: “In both cases, many hundreds of kilograms of grapes are gone.”
According to Haßlinger, there is currently no concrete evidence of the perpetrators. The Döbling city police command has taken over the investigation. There is currently no financial quantifiable amount of damage.
Quantity corrected downwards
In the Cobenzl winery, which has belonged to the city of Vienna for 110 years, 2,000 kilograms are said to have been secretly harvested – probably at night – from an area of half a hectare and taken away. Originally there was talk of 4,500 kilograms – the amount was corrected downwards compared to the ORF on Saturday afternoon. The Cobenzl winery was initially not reachable by telephone for the APA.
“That’s not snacking”
400 to 500 kilograms were stolen from a private winemaker, and the person concerned assumed that it was part of a larger gang, as he described to the “Standard”: “This is not snacking, this is a commercial approach.” The plundered vines were only noticed when the harvest was about to begin.
The police appealed to night walkers to report any thieves who are stealing other people’s grapes on a large scale. The executive branch itself wants to strengthen its controls – there are already regular patrols in the vineyards.
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