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Appeal after poppy tin stolen from community centre in Great Barr

An appeal has been launched after a poppy tin at a community centre in the Black Country was stolen in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday.

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Police want to talk with this man. Photo: West Midlands Police

Police said a man was seen at Collingwood Community Centre, in Great Barr, cutting the string on the tin and then putting it into a carrier bag.

It happened at the Collingwood Drive site at around 11.40am on November 10 – a day before Armistice Day and three days before Remembrance Sunday.

Now police have launched an appeal to track down a man in connection with the incident.

Anyone with information should contact West Midlands Police via live chat on their website, quoting crime number 20/952977/22 or by calling 101.

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