High-value drainage equipment was stolen from a van in Rowena Road, Bournemouth sometime between 8am and 11am on Wednesday 25 January.

A number of tools were stolen, including a Minicam drain camera and tilt crawler unit, a Robotic lateral cutter, a compressor and a linear MIDI drum.

Police community support investigator Lucy Wickham, of Bournemouth police, said: “I am continuing to investigate this incident and would ask anyone with information about who was responsible to please come forward.

“Also, I am appealing to anyone who has seen any equipment matching the items described for sale locally in unusual circumstances to please get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55230014380. Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.