LED lights worth £10,000 stolen from Buckie area
Police are appealing for anyone offered the lights at a reduced price to get in touch.
Commercial LED lights worth a low five-figure sum were stolen from a plant in the Deskford area of Buckie between Friday 14 December and Monday 17 December 2018.
Thieves also stole a thousands of pounds worth of power and handtools from woodland near Fochabers between Friday 28 December 2018 and Wednesday 2 January 2019.
Police are keeping an open mind as to whether the incidents are linked.
Sergeant Robbie Williams, Buckie Community Policing Team, said: 'It is likely a vehicle would have been required to transport the stolen items away from the locations.
'If anyone recalls seeing or hearing any suspicious activity, particularly around wooded and rural areas where plant is located, I would ask them to get in touch.
'Similarly if anyone has been offered tools or commercial LED lights at a reduced price I would ask them to get in touch.
'We are keeping an open mind as to whether the two incidents are linked and ask that anyone with information contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting reference 1380 of 17 December 2018 for the Deskford incident and 1953 of 2 January 2019 for the Fochabers incident.'