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Thieves raid parked lorry in Hamilton stealing £21k worth of alcohol

A haul of alcohol worth over £21,000 has been stolen from a parked lorry in Hamilton.

Seven pallets of spirits and whisky were stolen between 7.30pm on November 22 and 3.30am on November 23 from a lorry parked at Hamilton Services, M74 northbound.

Police are appealing for information regarding the theft and asking anyone who was at the service station at the time to get in touch.

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Detective Sergeant Victoria Murray of Cambuslang CID said : “We are keen to speak to anyone who was at the service station and saw anything suspicious to contact us. We would been keen to speak to anyone who has dash-cam footage, you may have captured something that could assist our enquiries.

“Those responsible will be looking to sell on the alcohol. If you are offered alcohol at a discounted price, you would be wise to suspect it has been stolen. It is a criminal offence to buy stolen goods.

“Anyone who knows who was responsible should contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0293 of 23 November 2022.”

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