Man tries to take roaches to Austrian court

Friday, March 3, 2017

VIENNA -- Security guards at an Austrian court might need to put up a sign at the screening gate to let the public know about another item prohibited on the premises: cockroaches. State broadcaster ORF said Wednesday security personnel in the western city of Linz turned away a man a day earlier after he tried to enter the court building with a sack full of the six-legged pests. ORF did not say why the man had the roaches or what he planned to do with them.

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