THIEVES broke into five vehicles in Wantage earlier this week and stole items from inside.

The crime spree took place between 7pm on Monday and 11.15am on Tuesday and police believe the incidents are linked.

Between 9pm on Monday and 11.15am on Tuesday the front passenger window of a vehicle parked in Adkin Way was broken and a wallet taken. It was later posted through the letterbox of a library and is now in police possession.

Bank cards were found in bushes in Haven Vale beside another vehicle which had been broken into.

Thieves broke a front window of that vehicle between 7pm on Monday and 7.15am on Tuesday. The victim’s bank cards were found in the bushes alongside those taken from the vehicle in Adkin Way.

A vehicle in Hampden Road was targeted between 7.30pm on Monday and 8.30am on Tuesday when the rear windscreen was smashed and a black leather bag taken.

Between 8pm on Monday and 6.30am on Tuesday thieves broke the front passenger window of a vehicle parked in Harcourt Road and took a Paslode nail gun which the owner used for work.

Between 11pm on Monday and 10am on Tuesday a wallet, credit cards and loyalty cards were taken from a vehicle parked in Grove Street.

PCSO Chris Ratcliff said: “We’d like to speak with anyone who saw or heard anything unusual in the area at the time.”