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.

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