POLICE are hunting for thieves who stole what is thought to be a lorryload of specialist plumbing fittings from premises in Mart Road, Minehead, at the weekend.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: “We would appeal to anyone who was in the Mart Road-Stephenson Road area near Minehead Sawmills to contact us if they saw a large lorry with the occupants acting suspiciously.”

The robbery happened between 6.30pm on Monday, February 10 and 7.30am the following morning and involved a large quantity of equipment for biomass boilers.

The spokesman added: “Entry was forced into the property and it is believed that, because of the size and volume of the articles taken, the intruders used a lorry to transport the items.”

Police ask anyone with information or mobile or dash-cam footage to contact them, quoting reference number 5220034184.