BURGLARS have targeted ten outbuildings, garages and sheds in the New Forest, with £6,000 worth of tools taken from one property on the outskirts of Lyndhurst.

Amongst those thefts also includes £3,000 worth of items taken from a property in Copythorne, while two large secure containers were targeted at Exbury Gardens.

Police have just released this information after analysing thefts in the area that took place in February.

This comes as a holiday let just outside Brockenhurst was broken into - leaving a large amount of damage - however officers said nothing was stolen.

Other thefts took place in Minstead, Brockenhurst, Ashurst, Colbury and Woodlands.