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Budgie burglar bags 14 in Brechin

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Some of the budgies stolen are worth a lot of money

A total of 14 high value budgies have been stolen from a house in Brechin.

Tayside Police said some of the birds were worth a lot of money and they appealed for witnesses to the crime.

The theft occurred at an address in Montrose Street between 2100 BST on Friday 3 July and 0730 BST on Saturday 4 July.

Detectives believe that the thief has experience of keeping budgies and knew which of the birds was most valuable when stealing them.



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