Theirs for the asking but still thieves had to break in

Tuesday 1st April 2008, 12:00PM BST.

Discarded bicycles and other items may be taken from the Longue Hougue waste recycling depot for free.

ANYTHING in the Aladdin’s cave of a junkyard was theirs for the asking. But Guernsey’s dumbest thieves had to break in instead.

Now police are looking for whoever pushed over a fence around Public Services’ Longue Hougue waste recycling depot, breaking one of the 12ft-by-8ft sections. The incident – between 5pm on Monday 24 and 6.45am on Wednesday 26 March – prompted the depot supervisor to remind people that they can take anything from the site free of charge.

But he did ask for them to call during opening hours – 7.30am to 4pm on weekdays, except Tuesdays, and 8am and 5pm at weekends. The new temporary facility and a scheme finding work for the unemployed have kept hundreds of tonnes out of landfill.