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Police are investigating the theft of "irreplaceable" model railway locomotives valued at £30,000 in a raid on the Conwy Valley Railway Museum by Betws-y-Coed, overnight on Wednesday 15 June.
Thieves broke in by smashing a rear outer door; CCTV cameras were sprayed with paint by the thieves. Marion Turner, who manages the museum and shop, told the press: 'We have lost a lot of rare, valuable and irreplaceable stock and the police have told us that it looks very much like a well-organised crime.'
Items stolen include two rare German-made LGB steam-type engines worth £2,000 each, together with another collectors' item no longer in production, an LGB garden-size "Crocodile" locomotive. Five Bassett Lowke model engines produced by Hornby in limited numbers - and worth between £500 and £750 each - were also taken, along with dozens of other Hornby boxed locomotives and expensive coach sets.
Anyone with information about this crime, or who is offered any models in suspicious circumstances, is urged to contact PC 659 Andy Davies at Llanrwst Police Station on 101 if in Wales, 0845 6071001 (Welsh line), 0845 6071002 (English). Alternatively, text 66767 or call Crimestoppers Wales on 0800 555111.
Police are investigating the theft of "irreplaceable" model railway locomotives valued at £30,000 in a raid on the Conwy Valley Railway Museum by Betws-y-Coed, overnight on Wednesday 15 June.
Thieves broke in by smashing a rear outer door; CCTV cameras were sprayed with paint by the thieves. Marion Turner, who manages the museum and shop, told the press: 'We have lost a lot of rare, valuable and irreplaceable stock and the police have told us that it looks very much like a well-organised crime.'
Items stolen include two rare German-made LGB steam-type engines worth £2,000 each, together with another collectors' item no longer in production, an LGB garden-size "Crocodile" locomotive. Five Bassett Lowke model engines produced by Hornby in limited numbers - and worth between £500 and £750 each - were also taken, along with dozens of other Hornby boxed locomotives and expensive coach sets.
Anyone with information about this crime, or who is offered any models in suspicious circumstances, is urged to contact PC 659 Andy Davies at Llanrwst Police Station on 101 if in Wales, 0845 6071001 (Welsh line), 0845 6071002 (English). Alternatively, text 66767 or call Crimestoppers Wales on 0800 555111.