Police shell out on tortoise hunt

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Police shell out on tortoise hunt


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Cash-strapped police issued a crime number and sent out an appeal – for a tortoise.
The “wanted” notice described the runaway as six inches long, with a chip in its shell and the remains of red nail varnish on its back.
Its owner reported it to police, fearing the £600 Russian Horsefield tortoise had been stolen.




But it was found in a nearby street two days later.
Yesterday, a police spokesman denied the investigation in West Alvington, Devon, had been a waste of money, adding: “All thefts have to be treated seriously.
“Tortoises have a habit of wandering off, but I don’t know how they concluded it had been stolen.”
Devon and Cornwall Police faces losing a total of 1,200 staff in budget cuts.



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