POLICE are appealing for information following two burglaries in the Whitchurch area.

Officers say a jerry can full of petrol and various tools were stolen from a garage at a property off Church Street.

Police believe thieves struck sometime between 7pm on Thursday 27 April and 7am on Friday 28 April.

Burglars also struck a garage in Tufton, south of Whitchurch, early on Friday morning.

Police say the offenders broke into the building between 8.30am and 8.50am by cutting a padlock.

A variety of expensive gardening equipment was stolen during the raid.

If you have any information call please on 101 quoting: 44170157782.

Anyone with information relating to the burglary on Church Street should quote the reference: 44170157724.