THIEVES stole electrical equipment from a lorry parked beside the A34.

The foreign registered lorry was parked in a lay-by on the southbound A34 between East Ilsley and Chieveley when the thieves got into the trailer by cutting the curtain.

They removed electrical equipment, believed to be microwave ovens, and moved it on to waiting vehicles.

The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday.

PC Gareth Miles said: "The driver parked up at about 7pm and was woken up at 2am.

"He saw two vehicles, one a Transit-style van and the other, possibly a silver Ford Focus, involved in the incident."