
Hunt for serial statue thief in bizarre spree
POLICE believe the same culprit is responsible for a series of thefts targeting animal statues on the Fraser Coast.
It comes after a 100kg concrete boar named Pumbaa was taken from the front balcony of a home on Oleander Avenue earlier this month.
Two elephants, one worth $400 and the other worth $1100 were snatched from two different properties on Pantlins Ln in Urraween between January 30 and January 31.
A concrete boy and girl sitting on a bench was also stolen from Anchorage Crt in Point Vernon a day later.
This statue was worth $400.
Two 20-year-old lion statues were snatched from a property on Santa Maria Ave in Urraween between January 31 and February 1.
Anyone with information that could help police investigations should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.