A large amount of fishing equipment was stolen in the Cotswolds last week.

Yesterday it was discovered that a number of items had been stolen from underneath decking of a property on Broadway Lane, South Cerney.

The stolen equipment includes three 12 foot long black coloured fishing rods, three bait runner reels and three Fox Bite alarms on a Ron Donald tripod.

The items are believed to have been taken at some point between 10pm last Wednesday and 8.30am last Thursday.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the area last week or has been offered the items for sale to contact them.

Information can be submitted by completing the following online form quoting incident 117 of August 2: gloucestershire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report

Alternatively information can be submitted by calling 101 or anonymously by calling the independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.