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News / Strimmer stolen

POLICE are appealing for information about the theft of a petrol strimmer in Lerwick and the vandalism of a vehicle in Scalloway.

The orange Stihl petrol strimmer, along with a blue 45-gallon drum, is said to have been removed from a back garden in the Hill Grind area of Lerwick sometime after 15 May.

Police say a car parked outside Scalloway Motors in the village’s Berry Road was “deliberately scratched” sometime between 6pm on Monday 9 June and midday on Tuesday 10 June.

Anyone with any information on either incident is asked to contact the police by dialling 101.

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