Thieves crept into 14 tents while the occupants slept and stole cash and valuables during a weekend music festival, police have said.
More than £1,200, four mobile phones, a camera, a Kindle Fire, a jacket and credit and debit cards were taken from tents in the green camping area at the Wickerman Festival in the early hours of yesterday.
The event, near Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, featured the likes of The Waterboys, Tom Odell, Lulu and Neneh Cherry.
Police Scotland appealed for information about the thefts.
Constable Laurie Clark said: "Clearly, thieves have been at work during the early hours of Sunday morning and the family areas of a number of tents have been entered and cash and items stolen.
"We want to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the green camping area during this time. Police Scotland at Castle Douglas can be contacted through 101."
The festival was held on July 24 and 25 and featured the burning of a giant statue inspired by the horror film The Wickerman.
Police Scotland said that 46 cases of drug possession and two cases relating to drug supply were detected over the course of the festival.
Only a few matters of minor disorder and no cases of serious disorder or violence were reported.
Inspector Stuart Davidson, event planner and local policing commander, said: "We want to thank those who attended the festival for their generally good behaviour and co-operation with the police and other agencies involved in the security and wellbeing of all those on site over the weekend.
"We have developed good working relationships with the organisers over the years and this experience helped towards a professionally-run event.
"I would also acknowledge the excellent standard of the security and stewards who assisted us over the weekend.
"Our policing operation ran smoothly and this is down in no small part to the engagement of local officers with the festival goers and the sensible attitude and good behaviour of the majority who attended.
"There was a generally good-natured feel to the whole weekend. The low numbers of arrests is a credit to those who came along to the festival.
"Sadly there were some incidents of thefts from tents in the early hours of Sunday morning which officers are currently investigating, but overall I am very pleased with the way the weekend went."
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