Thieves broke into a garden centre and stole valuable ornaments of bears and chimpanzees - with the bizarre break-in all caught by CCTV cameras.
The footage shows one burglar struggling to lift a statue of a bear cradling its cub over a perimeter fence, behind which accomplices appear to be waiting on a busy main road. Police are now investigating the theft at Gordon Rigg Garden, Home and Leisure in Rochdale.
Bosses have offered a reward, and say the haul was collectively worth around £500. The garden centre, based on Moss Bridge Road off Kingsway, posted details of the thefts on its Facebook page, together with the CCTV video footage.
