Police today urged Canvey families to lock up their plants after a spate of hanging-basket thefts.
Five hanging baskets full of fuchsias and a wooden barrow full of flowers were snatched from a garden in West Crescent. The haul is worth £140.
PC Kevin Hemsworth said: "We encourage anyone with hanging baskets either to make the chain secure or to put them at a height which is difficult to reach."
Published Tuesday May 25, 2004
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