Thieves take 37 gnomes from garden

POLICE are investigating the theft of 37 garden gnomes from outside the home of an elderly woman and have told the thieves “this isn’t funny”.

The victim was said to be very upset after the thefts from her garden in Angus, Arbroath, last month.

Police said the gnomes, which are described as “small” and the “usual gardening type”, were taken in batches from the garden between April 23 and April 30.

The owner, who has collected the gnomes over many years, has appealed to the suspected pranksters to return them.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “If someone has taken them as a prank or because they think it is funny, we can assure them that it is not.”