20 December 2007: Has anybody seen our tank?

Police in Bulgaria have arrested two Germans and a Bulgarian army officer for stealing a World War II tank and attempting to steal another.

The first tank disappeared between October and December 13 and is still missing, while the second one only had a few of its parts stolen.

Investigators suspect the armoured vehicle or its parts may have been smuggled to Germany, to sell to collectors.

The vehicles had laid unused since World War II near Bulgaria's south-eastern border with Turkey.

Anyone who comes across the missing tank is asked to contact Bulgarian police.