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Theives steal beach

The last And Finally of the year is not eactly a festive one…

Crooks in Hungary have stolen an entire beach including beach huts, sun loungers and sand. The land locked country has no beaches of its own and tonnes of sand had been shipped in to make the riverside at Mindszentas as near to the real thing as possible.

But managers who closed up the leisure park for winter have found that 6,000 cubic metres of sand as well as playground rides, the huts, and even the wooden shops had been stolen.

Head of the local council Etelka Repas said: “It is crazy - I would have thought it was impossible to steal an entire beach. It was cleaned up and covered for the winter and then suddenly this week we saw that it had totally disappeared - beach and all.”

Police are investigating. Exactly how they are investigating the theft of a beach is uncertain…

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .