The Grand Ducal Police have reported that on the afternoon of Wednesday 9 July 2025, a shoplifting incident escalated with a knife being drawn.

According to initial information, the police received a report of a shoplifting incident at a store in Luxembourg’s Upper Town after staff caught two men attempting to steal a jacket. One of the men reportedly brandished a knife and the two suspects fled the scene with the stolen item.

As part of the investigation, both suspects were subsequently apprehended and further checks revealed that one of the men was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant. 

He was taken into custody on the instructions of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the police filed a report.