A MAN from a village near Bromyard has been arrested in connection with the distraction burglary of a Rolex watch worth thousands of pounds.

It happened in Astwood Bank, near Redditch, on Tuesday, September 25, between 11.30am and 12.30pm when a man aged 65 to 80, driving a white car-derived van, entered a property in Edgioake Lane.

The man from Munderfield is on police bail while investigations continue.