Thugs damage car in bin blaze

May 21 2009 by Marjorie Kerr, West Lothian Courier

POLICE are probing a crime spree in the county which took place over last week.

In the first incident, a car was damaged when a wheelie bin was set alight in a Bathgate street.

The burning bin was pushed against the Peugeot on Marina Road sometime between 11pm and 11.15pm last Thursday (May 14).

Fire and Rescue Services were called to the scene and extinguished the fire.

No one was injured during the incident, but the car was damaged in the attack.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward and anyone with information on the incident should contact Bathgate Police Station on 01506 652323, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A bike worth hundreds of pounds was stolen from outside a house in Broxburn.

Sometime between 11pm and 11.30pm on Thursday, the white UMF Hardy 4 bike, worth £460 was stolen from Kelso Street.

Details on the theft should be passed to Broxburn Police on 01506 852121, or those with any information can contact the Crimestoppers number.

Diesel was stolen from two lorries parked in a yard in Livingston.

Criminals struck sometime between 7pm on Thursday and 7am the next day, at Nettlehill Road, Houston Industrial Estate and took fuel worth £100.

Witnesses should contact Livingston Police Station on 01506 431200, or alternatively they should contact Crimestoppers in confidence and complete anonymity on 0800 555 111.

Police were called to a blaze at an amusement arcade in Bathgate in the early hours of Monday.

Just after midnight, fire and rescue services were called to a report of fire at the premises of Leisureland on Whitburn Road.

Three water tenders and two fire support vehicles extinguished the fire in the roof space of the building and local diversions were in place for approximately five hours.

The cause of the fire is not thought to be suspicious but is thought to be an electrical fault.

No one was injured during the incident and no value was available for the damage caused to the building.