MORE than a dozen drums of cooking oil were stolen from outside a Dunbar hotel between Christmas and New Year.

The unusual theft is highlighted in a report to the town’s community council, which meets this evening (Monday).

Police noted that 14 20-litre drums of cooking oil, valued at about £300, were taken from a storage shed to the rear of the Dunmuir Hotel, on the town’s Newhouse Terrace, on December 28.

Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information should contact Police Scotland on 101.