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Paderborn (dpa / lnw) - A suspected thief was found in a Paderborn supermarket and locked in the toilet by a seller.
After a scramble, the 50-year-old branch manager managed to hold the suspect in the toilet until the police arrived, the officials said on Wednesday.
The 62-year-old is said to have stolen a customer's wallet at the cash register on Tuesday and then disappeared into the store.
The woman and the informed branch manager found the alleged thief between the aisles - the wallet was also very close by, but without money.
The branch manager took the 62-year-old into the office and notified the police.
The 50-year-old was able to prevent an attempt to escape.
He was attacked by the suspect with fist blows.
The opponents injured themselves in the scramble.
A witness also prevented the 62-year-old from getting hold of two cutter knives.
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The arriving police arrested the man who had already been wanted with an arrest warrant and seized the banknotes they had discovered.
He was arrested.
The 62-year-old is now expected to face another criminal case on suspicion of robbery.
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