Eight mostly teenage suspects held in Luxembourg City night check with cannabis
Luxembourg police checked eight people, mostly adolescents, behaving suspiciously on rue du Fort Dumoulin in the capital after midnight on 8 August 2026, seizing a quantity of marijuana along with a knife and pepper spray. The prosecutor ordered the seizure of the illegal items and a phone, and a report was drawn up.
🇱🇺 Rue du Fort Dumoulin, Luxembourg City · Luxembourg
Police were called shortly after midnight on Saturday 8 August 2026 to a group
of people behaving suspiciously on rue du Fort Dumoulin in Luxembourg City.[1]Officers found and checked eight people, most of them adolescents.[1]The
group was stopped between Hamm and the Pulvermühle, near the Sportlycée, in the
capital.[2]
During the checks police seized a knife, a quantity of cannabis, pepper spray, a
balaclava, adhesive tape, a screwdriver, a cable and an electric scooter from
the group.[3]The police statement describes the drug seized as a quantity of
marijuana.[1]Officers also found a scooter at the scene that had already been
reported stolen, and an investigation is under way into whether it is linked to
the group.[1]
The public prosecutor’s office, the Parquet, was informed and ordered the
seizure of the illegal items and of a mobile phone.[3]Police drew up an
official report on the incident.[4]The Grand-Ducal Police gave the call time
as 00:06 and published the account the same day, in German and English on its
portal.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight or value was published for the cannabis, so no quantity in kilograms can be recorded.
The police statement does not say whether anyone was charged, summoned or held; the case was at the stage of an official report to the prosecutor.
The accounts differ slightly on the age of the group: the police statement and Le Quotidien say most were adolescents, while RTL Today refers to teenagers or young adults.
The night of Friday 7 to Saturday 8 August 2026 is described; 8 August, the date in the police statement, is used as the incident date.
The police portal publishes the statement in German and English only; no French-language version of the statement could be opened.
Le Quotidien, RTL Infos and Chronicle.lu reproduce the same police statement and are not independent reporting.
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