High value tools stolen during Shorwell burglary

We’re appealing for information after tools were stolen during a burglary in Shorwell.

Sometime overnight on Monday 10 February, approximately £1000 worth of items including a Festool SDS cordless drill, a Dewalt cordless nail gun and a 100 volt Mafell jigsaw were stolen from a carpentry business.

Officers would like to hear from anyone who saw a vehicle parked in the small car park at the bottom of Shorwell Shute between 7.30pm on 10 February and 7.30am on 11 February.

Do you have a description of the vehicle, or perhaps you drove past and captured it on dashcam?

In addition, please let us know if anyone offers you items of this description for sale in suspicious circumstances.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Wight Rural West team on 101, quoting 44200052924.

Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their anonymous online form at crimestoppers-uk.org