CHRISTMAS gifts have been found dumped in the grounds of a church in the capital.
Cops in Edinburgh are now trying to reunite the presents with their rightful owner after four black bin bags were left at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place on Thursday, December 7.
The bags contain presents including horse-riding accessories and a hedgehog home.
Names on the gift tags include ‘Freds’, ‘Toots’ and ‘Margaret’.
Officers are now asking anyone who may know the owners of these gifts to please get in contact.
Constable Kirsty Brown, of Gayfield Police Station, said: “We would really like to return these gifts to their owner or rightful recipients.
“Anyone who has any information about how the four black bags ended up in the grounds of the St Mary’s Cathedral on Palmerston Place or who recognises the names or descriptions is asked to please get in touch.”
Anyone with information can contact officers on 101, attend at Gayfield Square police station or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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