More than £8,000 worth of liquid fertiliser has been stolen from a farm near Dorchester.

Between March 31 and May 10, offenders gained access to a remote farm in the area between Piddletrenthide and Plush, broke the lock on a large storage tank and took 12,000 litres of liquid fertiliser.

Police Constable Paul Miners, of Dorset Police's Rural Crime Team, said: "Such thefts have a big impact on our rural community and I am trying to progress my enquiries to identify those responsible.

"I urge anyone with information about the incident that might help my investigation to contact us."

Anyone with information can contact Dorset Police at dorset.police.uk, by emailing [email protected],ukor by calling 101, quoting incident number 55220073911.