THIEVES have stolen around £30,000 of garden machinery in a raid on a Hampshire farm.

Burglars broke into a TJ Garden Services shipping container at Andover Down Farm and took an array of machinery used by the business, including five Hayter lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, garden strimmers and leaf blowers.

They also took an Ifor trailer, Stihl chainsaws and drills. Most of the items were marked with the company initials ‘TGS’.

The incident took place between midday on Saturday, October 10 and 8am on Sunday, October 11, although police only released the information today.

Anyone with information should contact PC Simon Langford on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.