Man held on suspicion of blackmailing Red Bull

Austrian police have arrested a man suspected of blackmailing Red Bull by threatening to place cans of its energy drink contaminated with faeces on supermarket shelves.

Man held on suspicion of blackmailing Red Bull
Thu, 11 Apr, 2013 - 18:33

Austrian police have arrested a man suspected of blackmailing Red Bull by threatening to place cans of its energy drink contaminated with faeces on supermarket shelves.

Police officials said the unidentified 47-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday after he showed up for a pay-off in the Lower Austrian town of Moedling.

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