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.

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.

Today’s report did not say how much the suspected blackmailer was demanding or give other details.

The threats started coming in February by mail and email. Spot checks of stores across Austria showed no trace of tampering with the company’s product.

Red Bull has referred all queries about the case to police.