Police are appealing for information following the theft of a mini-digger and trailer from a car park in New Byth.
The yellow and black JCB standard 8018 mini-digger was taken from a car park in the Old School Road area sometime between 6pm and 11pm on Sunday.
The digger, with the registration RV 63 NBE, was secured on a plant trailer with a padlock around the hitching point. The trailer had the registration of WM 65 SYG.
Detective Constable Jon Pinder at Fraserburgh CID said: “Door to door inquiries have been carried out and CCTV in the area is being reviewed.
The car park on Old School Road in New Byth.
“At this time we are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a dark coloured Ford Transit style van in the area.
“We have reports of this van, which has a light coloured stripe around it, being seen driving into New Byth around 9.50pm that night, not towing anything, and then again at around 10.16pm, towing a trailer with a mini digger on it, heading north onto the B9027.”
Information can be passed to police by calling 101.
Mini-digger and trailer stolen from north-east car park
