Appeal for witnesses

Thefts — Dumfries

Police are investigating the theft of a number of ‘fall arrest bags’ from Persimmons Building Site at Summerfield, Lockerbie Road in Dumfries sometime around 2130 hours on Monday 7 February 2012. The bags, blue in colour, are used for health and safety to provide a soft landing to anyone falling from a height on the site. Two or three males, not further described, were seen alighting from a blue coloured 4 x 4 vehicle around the time of the theft and climbing over a security fence at the site.

Sometime overnight Monday 7/Tuesday 8 February 2012 a quantity of scrap metal, including radiators and baths has been stolen from a skip at the Newton Road Industrial Site in Lochside, Dumfries. The value of the scrap is about £40.

Theft — Lochmaben

Overnight Monday 7/Tuesday 8 February 2012 a wood and cast iron garden bench has been stolen from the playground of Lochmaben Primary School in the town. The bench is heavy and would have taken a number of people to remove.

Vandalism — Stranraer

A window at a house in Hillview, Stranraer was smashed sometime overnight Monday 7/Tuesday 8 February 2012.

Anyone with any information on these incidents is asked to contact police on 0845 600 5701 or any police officer. Information can also be left with the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or online at Crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

Thursday 9 February 2012