UNKNOWN offenders attempted to steal a trailer and an excavator from a field in Minchinhampton last night, Thursday.

Police were called to a storage area in a field off Knapp Lane in Minchinhampton at around 8.30pm.

The offenders forced entry to the site and used a white Ford Transit van to steal the trailer, excavator and excavator buckets.

They were disturbed by passers-by and crashed their vehicle before making off on foot.

Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time.

Anyone with information is urged to call 101 and quote incident 478 of March 15.