Police are appealing for information after thousands of pounds worth of fishing equipment was stolen in Lancaster.

Between 5.00pm on Monday 27th May and 9.00am the following day, somebody entered the back yard of a property on Langdale Road and broke into the shed, making off with more than £4,000 worth of fishing equipment, including and number of fishing rods and poles, reels, nets, a chair and a rucksack.

PC Carl Wood said: “If anybody has any information about this burglary or knows where any of the stolen property is now, I would urge them to contact police.

“I would also like to hear from anybody who saw or heard anything suspicious in the Langdale Road area on Bank Holiday Monday night into Tuesday morning.”

• Anybody with any information can contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or on-line at Crimestoppers-uk.org.