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.

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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