Witnesses sought after thieves steal goods worth £23,000 from Borders firm

Thieves made off with equipment worth around £23,000 from a Hawick business at the weekend.
Nearby Mansfield Road, Hawick.Nearby Mansfield Road, Hawick.
Nearby Mansfield Road, Hawick.

Gear including industrial cleaning machines and a car-wrapping kit were stolen from a site in the town’s Mansfield Gardens industrial estate between 3pm on Saturday, June 20, and 4pm the following day.

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A variety of items including a Karcher HDS 1000 pressure washer, Karcher Puzzi 30/4E carpet cleaner, Fortador Pro Plus steam cleaner, Steinel car-wrapping kit and paintless dent repair tools were taken.

Detective constable Andrew Forsyth, of Galashiels police station’s criminal investigation department, said: “We would like to speak to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious on the industrial estate between mid-afternoon on the Saturday and 4pm on the Sunday.

“In particular, we are keen to find out more about any vehicles that may have been in the area between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Saturday, June 20. Also, if anyone has dashcam footage that could assist with our inquiries, please get in touch.”

Anyone with information is being asked to call Police Scotland on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111, quoting incident number 2,909 of June 20.