POLICE are hunting a burglar who broke into a former retirement home complex in daylight and stole a global gas purge blower valued at £1,500.

They have appealed for information from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area of the former Brookside complex in Caldicot last Friday, June 16, between 12.15pm and 2.15pm.

The blower was stored in a white flight box when it was taken from the vacant site, which is slated to be demolished and replaced by 25 new homes.

If anyone has any information, they can contact police on 101 quoting log number 357 16/06/17.