THIEVES stole a wood chipper and a pair of a bolt cutters after gaining entry to a garage near a property in Woodland Road, Suckley.

They gained entry to and moved a locked Land Rover vehicle, parked in front of the garage, and once they had entered the garage found the bolt cutters, which were then used to cut a padlock securing the wood chipper, valued at £8,000.

Once both the items had been removed from the garage, the thieves moved the Land Rover back in its original place, in front of the garage.

It happened between 4pm on Thursday, March 5 and 9am on Friday, March 6.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting incident number 0142S 060315.