Police arrested a suspected pickpocket in Vienna-Hietzing after a string of thefts at local venues. Officers from the Am Platz police station had been investigating the theft in Hietzing on 16.10.2026. The suspect allegedly stole cash in the mid three-digit euro range and two betting slips, and police secured a photo of him. On 20.10.2026, officers spotted the 61-year-old while he visited several local businesses, apparently searching for more targets. He was finally stopped in a bank foyer. The man is listed as stateless and denied the allegations. Police also seized an identity document that he had tried to throw away. The ID was linked to another theft in a café on the same day, where a wallet with cash in the low three-digit euro range was taken. Prosecutors in Vienna ordered that he be reported while free. The investigation related to the pickpocketing continues under the case file.