Cheeky thieves have stolen a post-box from a village high street.

The small postbox was unscrewed and removed from a telegraph pole near to Etchingham Church in the High Street of the village near Heathfield between 4.20pm on Wednesday and 4.20pm on Thursday.

A Sussex Police spokeswoman said it is unknown at this stage whether there was any mail in the postbox.

Any witness or anyone with information is asked to call Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 0192 of 21/2.

 

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