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Police have arrested and charged a 46-year-old woman in connection with a break-in to a garage in Ratho where hundreds of porcelain dolls were stolen, along with football memorabilia.

The break-in happened in School Wynd sometime between Monday the 7th and Monday the 14th of October.

Around 100 stolen dolls have been recovered so far, and inquiries are on-going to locate the remaining dolls, along with the stolen football memorabilia.

In addition to the arrest of the woman, a further two people, a 52-year-old man and 50-year-old woman, have been arrested and charged with reset offences connected to the break-in.

Anyone who has any information on the whereabouts of the remaining stolen items should contact Police Scotland on 101, or make an anonymous report through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.