Two thieves all set to carry out a theft were this morning caught red-handed by the police.
The police said in a statement that one of the men managed to escape, but they were holding the other.
They said that they were informed that two suspicious looking men were seen entering a block of flats in Ghar id-Dud at around 10.40 a.m.
The police went on the spot and found the two people, one of them hooded, with a number of items they were planning to steal.
Duty magistrate Antonio Mizzi is holding an inquiry.