A stolen van was reported to have been used to steal plant machinery.

Plant machinery was stolen from a site on Higher Shaftesbury Road in Blandford.

Police have now released an appeal for information into the theft which occurred in the early hours of November 24.

A stolen van with a cloned registration believed to have been involved with the theft was seized by police the same day.

A spokesperson for the Dorset Police Rural Crime Team said: "In the early hours of November, 24 plant machinery was stolen from a site on Higher Shaftesbury Road in Blandford.

"A stolen van on a cloned registration was seized by Police on November 24. This van was believed to have been used in the theft."