POLICE are hunting a sweet-toothed thief who broke into a car to steal some sweets.

The thief had smashed the front nearside quarter window and rear nearside quarter window and opened the doors to get inside.

An untidy search was made of the vehicle, which was parked secure on the Cherry Orchard junction with Offmore Road, and some sweets and a small amount of change was stolen from inside.

The incident took place between 11pm on Sunday, October 23, and 6.50am on Monday, October 24.

Anyone with information is asked to call West Mercia Police on 101, quoting incident reference number 0076S of October 24.