THOUSANDS of pounds worth of gardening equipment has been stolen from a cemetery in Bournemouth.
Police received a report of suspicious activity in the area of North Cemetery in Strouden Avenue at around 10pm on Tuesday (January 15)
Officers attended and discovered that a container in the grounds of the cemetery, which is used to store gardening equipment, had been broken into.
A section of fencing backing onto Howard Road had been cut and a number of items, including strimmers and chainsaws had been taken.
Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone who saw any suspicious activity to contact then and also want to hear from anyone who has been offered gardening equipment in unusual circumstances.
Call 101 quoting occurrence number 55190007857.
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