Police were called to investigate suspicious circumstances around the plaiting of a horse’s mane. On Saturday 1st September the police were called by a North Cotswold resident who claims their horse’s mane had been plaited overnight. The owner did not want to be identified. A Gloucestershire police spokesman said: "Although this could have been done innocently police have received reports before where this marks the horse to be stolen. "The plaiting is usually a single plait on the mane." The plait could have been done completely innocently, but even so, not many horse owners would be keen on the idea that someone has come into