24/1/2007

Three thousand Harry Potter School Book Packs have been stolen from a Port Talbot recycling plant.

South Wales Police are appealing for information regarding the theft of the booklets which were due for recycling.

They went missing in a burglary at The Recycling Company in The Docks, Port Talbot, sometime over the weekend of January 20th-21st 2007, when roller shutters were forced and two pallets containing Comic Relief Harry Potter School Book Packs were stolen.

Each pack consists of a red-coloured plastic satchel containing two booklets by author JK Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch, which were previously on sale to raise money for the Comic Relief appeal.

Police are appealing to anyone who is offered the books for sale and to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious at the recycling plant over the weekend to contact them.

Anyone with information should contact police on 01792 456999 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.