POLICE in the Forest have released images of three men that they would like to speak to in relation to two thefts at addresses near Ruardean.

The thefts happened at houses in Newham Bottom, near to Barn Lane, overnight between Wednesday March 9 and Thursday March 10.

In the first incident offenders broke into a shed at the side of a house and once inside the building took a red Kindlett wood kindling machine, six scrap car or tractor batteries, a sack of coal, an orange Stihl chainsaw, an orange Husqvarna chainsaw, a generator, a spanner/socket set, two electric drills, two plastic jerry cans and 22 bags of kindling in red net bags. The haul was worth several thousand pounds.

In the second incident offenders have removed a metal gate to get into a field before taking an insecure flat-bed trailer.

Anyone who may have information on either of these incidents is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting incident number 141 of March 10.