BURGLARS stole £5,000 worth of kitchen equipment from a Lancaster restaurant.

The bandits struck sometime at a building at the rear of the Miyabi Japanese restaurant on Cable Street, making off with a £4,000 stainless steel cooking range table and a £1,000 stainless steel steamer.

"It would have taken several people to lift these items and they would have needed a vehicle as well," says a police spokesman.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 01524-63333 or Crimestoppers on 0800-555111.