A TETBURY resident was woken up in the middle of the night to find someone breaking into their car.

The incident happened at around 3.15am on Friday in The Chipping car park in Tetbury.

A thief had smashed the side quarter light window on the drivers side of a white Citroen Berlingo.

Once inside the car, the thief searched through the small compartment on the top of the dashboard, but nothing was taken.

The victim heard the smash and shouted out of his window, prompting the thief to run off, before he got into a light estate vehicle which drove away.

If you have any information, call police on 101 quoting incident number 74 of October 23.