£20,000 of silverware stolen from Cheltenham home

Credit: Police photograph.

Over £20,000 worth of Silverware has been stolen from a home in Cheltenham.

Police have now released images of the stolen property in the hope that it will help prevent it being sold on.

The break-in happened at a property in St Stephen's Road between about 9.10pm and 9.30pm on Thursday 26 January.

The thieves forced open a patio door and stole items including cutlery, photo-frames and hair brushes.

The items included cutlery and other trinkets. Credit: Police image.

Police would like to trace a man who swept the homeowner's drive in late December/early January in connection with the investigation.He is described as being in his early 40s, about 5ft 7ins tall and clean-shaven, with mousey, scruffy thick hair.