POLICE have issued an alert after an ambulance was stolen from a property near Dursley. 

Thieves broke into an outbuilding in Stancombe - near North Nibley - stealing the ambulance as well as two ‘mowing machines’, police said in a community alert.

It is understood the theft happened between the evening of January 18 and 3pm January 24 with offenders cutting cladding to gain entry. 

Anyone with information should contact police quoting incident number 0311 of January 24 here - tinyurl.com/5hfhfdys