Police investigate unusual theft

POLICE are investigating an unusual theft from the grounds of a large house which is

undergoing renovation in a rural village.

A total of 198 plastic tree guards were removed from land behind the detached house

on Leazes Lane, in Wolsingham, sometime between midday on Saturday and 6pm on

Sunday.

The guards are black and about 2ft in height and were being used to protect newly

planted trees and bushes.

Police say they were securely kept in place by bamboo canes and cable ties and could

not have been blown away by the wind.

The items are worth about 50p each and it is thought whoever stole them would try to

sell them as a job lot rather than in small batches.