Crooks spirit away winter fuel aboard sledge

Dec 24 2010 by Denis Brown, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

CROOKS embraced the Christmas spirit by using a sledge as a getaway vehicle.

After breaking into a greenkeepers hut at the Glen Isla Golf Club, by Alyth, raiders helped themselves to four sacks of coal worth the princely sum of £28.

The chilly crooks struck between 5.45pm on Monday and 9.30am next day.

Police were bemused to discover a set of sledge tracks in deep snow leading across fairways towards Alyth.

“The sledge tracks led all the way into the town but then the trail went cold,” said a police spokesman.

l Contact Tayside Police on 0300 111 2222.