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A Clydesdale horse sculpture missing from a Hamilton retail park has been found in a house in Wishaw.

In addition, police also discovered £10,000 worth of cocaine there.

Police recovered the striking, 6ft blue and white statue, called Angus Chan, after a raid at a town centre property last Tuesday afternoon.

The sculpture is part of the Ready Steady Gallop! project that has 25 Clydesdale statues dotted around Hamilton to attract tourists and shoppers into the town centre during the Commonwealth Games.

Angus Chan had been missing for exactly a week after it had mysteriously vanished from the Palace Grounds Retail Park, near Argos, between last Tuesday night and the following day.

Before Angus Chan was found, a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter got underway last week to find the missing sculpture.

Hamilton Business Improvement District, who are behind the project, reported the incident to police.

A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed the horse sculpture had been recovered by officers from a property in Wishaw, who also discovered £10,000 worth of cocaine.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with both incidents.

Mark Calpin, chairman of Hamilton BID, said he was delighted that Angus has been safely returned.

He added: “We’d like to thank the public for sharing our request for information on social media, and the police for their great work in tracking down and recovering Angus so quickly.

“The trail is still in place for another four weeks, so we encourage people to make sure they visit before the horses are auctioned off for the very deserving Kilbryde Hospice charity.”

Last Tuesday, a team of officers could be seen carefully getting the intricately designed, blue, gold and white horse statue out of the house.

Our pictures show officers turning the statue upside down to get it out the front door before carrying it out the front gate and into a white van parked in the street.

The statue emerged from the house with part of its ear missing, but the damage should be easily repaired.