Anonymous Tip: Police Found Huge Cannabis Plantation in Vienna-Penzing

A resident told investigators from the Vienna State Criminal Police Office, South Branch, that suspicious individuals had been coming and going from the closed pub for months. In addition, an intense smell of cannabis could be detected and the power in the house in Vienna-Penzing would repeatedly fail.

Men in Vienna-Penzing Attempted to Flee

When the officers gained access to the establishment, they encountered two men (38 and 44 years old; both nationals of Albania), who were climbing out of a hole they had broken through in the floor from the basement. Despite an attempt to flee, both men were apprehended and temporarily arrested.

Cannabis Plant Cultivation Discovered in Vienna-Penzing

In the basement, the officers then found a cannabis plant cultivation with 843 flowering, harvest-ready cannabis plants, which were seized. Subsequently, a third suspect (national of Austria), the 42-year-old tenant of the establishment, was identified and temporarily arrested. The three men were reported under the provisions of the Narcotics Act and on suspicion of energy theft within a criminal organization. By order of the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, the 38-year-old and the 44-year-old were taken to a correctional facility, while the 42-year-old was reported at large.

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