MoD to probe barracks theft

THE Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation into claims that soldiers' property was stolen from a military barracks while they were fighting in Afghanistan.

The allegations centre around the Capital's Redford Infantry Barracks, home to 3 Rifles battalion and the Scots Borderers.

It is alleged that items belonging to the troops vanished from sealed boxes inside the Edinburgh barracks while they were on their tour of duty in Afghanistan.