Rare ducks stolen in raid

THIEVES have stolen four pairs of rare breeding ducks from a country smallholding, police said.

They picked out four male and four female Khaki Campbell ducks who were in a breeding pen with other ducks.

Police suspect the unusual birds, valued at about 50 each, may have been stolen for sale.

They were taken from a pen at a smallholding in Seafield Road, Bilston, Midlothian, between midday and 6pm on Saturday, 10 July.

Police have now appealed to the public for information after almost two weeks of investigations.