MORE than £5,000 worth of Christmas toys have been stolen from a Blackburn shop.

Police said thieves struck at The Range, Greenbank Retail Park in Blakewater Road in the early hours of Monday, October 17.

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Officers were alerted at around 8.30am that a container in a service yard had been tampered with.

It is believed that locks on the container were broken to gain access.

The thieves then unloaded five pallets of toys with an approximate value of £5,000 which were earmarked for the Christmas range before leaving the premises.

The Range is a nationwide chain retailer which sells home, garden and leisure products, including furniture, kitchen equipment and toys. A police spokesman said anyone with information about the break-in should call them on 101.