Police have arrested a 26-year-old man and 17-year-old woman in connection with a series of thefts from gardens in Pittville. Officers swooped on a home in St Paul's after being tipped off that around 25 stolen items were in the garden.
They found a haul of garden goods which they believe to have been stolen, including gnomes, hanging baskets, garden furniture, Acer trees, animal garden lights, a stone lion ornament, three stone dogs, a stone mushroom and flowerpots. It is believed the items were taken from gardens between June 28 and Wednesday.
Gloucestershire police officers are now working to reunite the owners with their items.
Inspector Jon Roberts said four people had already come forward to reclaim property.
He added: "I'm really pleased we have been able to recover these items. We're now hoping people who have had items stolen will come forward."
The couple was arrested at around 11.15am on Thursday on suspicion of theft in connection with the stolen items.
They have since been bailed, pending further inquiries, and have been ordered to return to Cheltenham police station on July 26th
(Reproduced from thisisgloucestershire.co.uk 17th July)
Gardien Comment: Product marking with SelectaDNA would have enabled immediate identification and return of all stolen items to their rightful owners. See http://www.garden-security.co.uk/SelectamarkhomeDNA50.aspx
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