Eastern European women wanted after distraction theft

Police are trying to trace two eastern European women who carried out a distraction theft on an elderly lady.

The thieves, both described as being in their 20s, followed the woman after she had withdrawn money from the Post Office on Perth’s High Street on Wednesday January 25.

A police spokesperson said: “It’s thought the women had watched the elderly lady and then followed her into the St John’s Shopping Centre before causing a distraction and stealing her purse, which contained a three-figure sum of money.”

The women are described as being of eastern European appearance with long brown hair, with one wearing hers in a single plaited ponytail.

Both women were said to be dressed smartly with one wearing a Burberry-style shawl and Russian-style fur hat.

The other woman wore a woollen hat and beige jacket.

The theft took place around 10.30am.

Meanwhile, a public phone box at the junction of Struan Road and Newhouse Road, Perth, was broken into around 9.50am on Friday January 13 and a quantity of cash was stolen.

Elsewhere, advertising banners for the River Tilt Caravan Park, Bridge of Tilt, were vandalised between 7.30pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday.

Vandals damaged a black Audi A3 that had been parked on Graybank Road, Perth, overnight Friday/Saturday. A blue Fiat Panda car parked on Birch Avenue, Scone, was also damaged over the same period.

Police are also appealing for information after a rear window was smashed at Supersavers, Dunkeld Road, Perth, overnight Thursday January 26 into Friday January 27.

A thief attempted to force open the cash box at a jetwash on Dunkeld Road, Perth, around 3.50am last Friday and a window was damaged at Perth Bowling Club, North Inch, Perth, between 12.30am and 1am on Saturday January 28.

Anyone with information on any of the crimes should contact Police Scotland on 101.