TWO men have been arrested after they were caught trying to steal a “large quantity” of cooking oil in Aberdeenshire.
Police stopped a van on the A92 near Newtonhill on Wednesday and seized the cooking oil.
Two men aged 29 and 19 were arrested.
Officers are now appealing to owners who may have had cooking oil stolen from their restaurant to come forward.
Police said enquiries are currently ongoing.
Constable Daniel Baird of the Road Policing Unit said: “I would appeal to restaurant owners who have had cooking oil stolen overnight between Tuesday, 3 and Wednesday, 4, June, to get in touch with us.
“You can contact us on 101, quoting incident number 1186 of 4 June, 2025.”
