A SEARCH is underway by Gloucestershire Police to find a man and a woman believed to have stolen a handbag from an unconscious woman.

At around 9.30pm on March 2 a woman was found unconscious on Bristol Road at the junction with Stroud Road in Gloucester.

While she lay unconscious in the road her blue and white handbag was stolen from the basket on the front of her bike. 

In her bag was her purse containing cash, bank cards and a bunch of keys.  Attempts to use the stolen bank cards have since been made in several shops in Gloucester.

The woman in the picture on her own was in Tesco Express in Southgate Street at 10.15pm on March 2 and the picture of the man and woman was taken in McDonald's in Westgate Street at 10.00pm on March 2.

Police would like to hear from anyone who recognises these people.  Please call 101 quoting incident number 533 of March 2 or reference crime number 4694/15.