Person leaves Liège Colruyt with trolley of unpaid groceries

Updated 16 August 2026, 16:30 CEST — La DH reported on Tuesday, 11 August, that an individual left a Colruyt supermarket in Liège with a trolley filled with groceries without paying. The newspaper’s headline establishes the reported act and location, but the accessible reporting does not confirm when the incident occurred, the value of the goods or whether anyone was arrested.

No independently accessible statement from Liège police, the Liège prosecutor’s office or Colruyt Group has been located confirming the incident. Belgium Pulse is therefore treating the identity, motive and legal status of the person involved as unknown. There is also no verified information on whether employees intervened, whether the groceries were recovered or whether a complaint was filed.

Colruyt’s official store directory lists two supermarkets under Liège addresses, including one at Boulevard de la Constitution 32. The available La DH headline does not specify which branch was involved, so attaching the incident to either Liège store would go beyond the verified evidence.

For residents and retail workers, the immediate significance is local and practical: a full trolley represents a more substantial reported loss than the concealment of a single item, while any intervention carries safety considerations. The Liège police’s official reporting portal classifies theft among offences against property and allows complaints connected to a business to include the shop’s details. That guidance explains the normal reporting route but does not establish that it was used in this case.

Liège has previously recorded alleged repeated thefts from the same retail chain. In May 2020, RTL Info, citing Belga, reported that police detained a man suspected of repeatedly stealing products from a Colruyt on Rue Grétry. That separate case provides local background only; there is no verified connection with the event reported in August 2026.

The present account remains a single-source report. The next meaningful update would be confirmation from police, prosecutors or Colruyt Group establishing the exact branch, incident date, value and recovery status, and whether a suspect was identified. Until then, the person should not be described as convicted or formally charged.