Plum pickings

Thieves stole 150 plum trees from an orchard in eastern Hungary, police said Thursday.

The trees - estimated to be worth the equivalent of almost £5,440 - were uprooted and taken from an orchard in Patyod, a village about 280 kilometres northeast of Budapest, police said.

Police from Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County were unable to determine when the theft took place, saying it was discovered only after the orchard's owner returned from a winter break.