A foot patrol in Wiltz stopped two people smoking a joint on Avenue Nicolas Kreins on the evening of Saturday 11 July 2026 and found about 300 grams of hashish on one of them. The man was arrested on the public prosecutor's orders, and officers seized the drugs and both people's mobile phones.
On Saturday evening a foot patrol of the Grand Ducal Police checked two people
in Avenue Nicolas Kreins in Wiltz who were apparently smoking a joint.[1]The
patrol had come across the two individuals openly smoking joints in public on
Avenue Nicolas Kreinz on Saturday night.[2]Officers searched one of the pair
and found about 300 grams of hashish on him.[1]
The prosecutor’s office then ordered the man’s arrest.[1]The officers seized
the drugs as well as the mobile phones of both people checked.[1]RTL Today
reported that the man was arrested by order of the public prosecutor and that
both men’s mobile phones were confiscated along with the drugs.[2]The same
stop was recorded in the Grand Ducal Police press bulletin issued on Sunday.[1]Chronicle.lu likewise reported that officers on foot patrol in the Wiltz
street found about 300 grams of hashish on one of the two joint-smokers and
arrested him on the prosecutor’s instructions.[3]
Two individuals attracted police attention for smoking marijuana in public in
Wiltz, and one was found with 300g of hashish on his person.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
11 July 2026 is used as the date because all three outlets place the stop on Saturday evening, and the police bulletin was issued the next day, when the three reports were published.
RTL spells the street Avenue Nicolas Kreinz while Tageblatt and Chronicle.lu write Avenue Nicolas Kreins, which is used as the place.
The man was not named, and no age or nationality was published; the second person was checked but not reported as arrested.
No charge or court outcome beyond the arrest was reported.
The Chronicle.lu report also lists separate theft and shoplifting arrests from the same weekend, which are different events left out of this report.
Police in Schengen were called about a man handling what looked like a weapon in a car, then found him at home with a CO2 airsoft revolver and accessories, which they seized. He tested positive for both alcohol and cannabis, and officers withdrew his licence, issued a provisional driving ban and opened records for the drug-driving, drink-driving and weapons offences.
Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg police checked 968 vehicles and 382 people in the 4–5 September 2026 “From Knokke to Athus” operation for Benelux Day, making seven arrests. The sweep seized about 500 grams of drugs described as mainly cannabis, plus 700 cartons of contraband cigarettes.
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.
Luxembourg police arrested a driver who fled after hitting a street lamp in Bridel in the night of 11 March 2026; he was found drunk, he tested positive for cannabis and he had never held a valid driving licence. The public prosecutor's office ordered his arrest, and an investigating judge charged him and placed him under strict judicial supervision.
