A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged metal theft from Hawick Town Hall.
The 20-year-old has also been charged with other alleged thefts, including lead from the roof of a building in North Bridge Street, and another at the Conservative Club.
He is due to appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court today.
A major crackdown on metal theft is being carried out by Police today. Officers, in conjunction with the Environment Agency and local councils, are visiting scrapyards to ensure a new cash free system is in place. Andy Burn reports.
A county wide crackdown on metal thefts is being carried out by Cumbria Police.
Officers, in conjunction with the Environment Agency and local councils are visiting scrapyards to ensure a new cash free system is in place.
The operation follows a new law which came into effect this month which is aimed at halting the growing number of cable thefts across the country.
– PC Roly Earl, Neighbourhood Policing Team, Cumbria Police"Today we're looking at the new piece of legislation that began on the 3rd December where scrapyards must pay for scrap metal by cheque or bacs transfer they can't pay cash for scrap metal anymore.
"Once upon a time if you found some scrap metal say on the side of the road or you had some of your own you could just fetch it here and it was cash in hand and that's something that's now been stopped so it's not that access to easy cash any more."