Borders police hunt thief who stole bag of boys rugby shorts

Shortly before 3pm on Friday March 24, Buccleuch Cleaners owner Stuart Hogg discovered the bag was missing.

A check of CCTV quickly showed a man, who had earlier been in the premises in Gala Park ‘enquiring about items’, snatching the bag as he was leaving the shop.

A video and photo was posted on the shop’s social media pages with an appeal and within a short period of time the post had been shared over 200 times.

This subsequently led to the recovery of the bag which had been dumped in a wheelie bin in the town.

Stuart said: “The power of facebook. My big concern was that because it happened on a Friday there wouldn’t have been enough time to replace the shorts ahead of the game on Saturday.

“I knew they would have been dumped because it’s not something that could be sold but I was worried in case they had been picked up by a bin lorry.

“But the main thing is we got them back.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware around 2.55pm on Friday, March 24 of a bag of rugby strips which had been stolen from premises on Gala Park in Galashiels.

“Enquiries are ongoing.”

The shop posted: “Thank you to everyone who helped share and give information regarding the incident which led to Stuart tracking down and recovering the stolen bag.”

Borders police hunt thief who stole bag of boys rugby shorts

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