POLICE have issued an alert after an incident near Stroud. 

Officers say that multiple tools were stolen from a van parked in a driveway at the Vatch, near Stroud. 

Multiple Makkita branded tools were stolen including a palm route with accessories, a plainer, a plunge saw, an impact drill, 6 x 5 amp batteries, plus four tool boxes. 

Information can be provided by completing a crime information form on the Gloucestershire police website, quoting incident number 0047 of November 27.