Drawings worth £500,000 destroyed when van stolen and torched

About 1,700 historic military drawings have been destroyed after a van was stolen and set alight near Edinburgh.

Sketches worth an estimated GBP500,000 from the Royal Engineers Museum were inside the silver Ford Transit when it was taken from Heron Square in the Deans area of Livingston, West Lothian, at about 23:30 on 19 November.

The van found in the Ratho area the following day where it been stripped of parts and set ablaze.

Police Scotland said a man wearing a face covering was seen entering the vehicle and driving east on the A89 towards Newbridge, near Ratho, shortly after the van was thought to be stolen.