MORE than £3,000 of gardening tools were stolen from the boot of a car in the Ashburton area at the weekend.

Thieves plundered a BMW parked at a farm in the Alston Cross area between 4pm on Saturday and the same time Monday afternoon.

Items taken were two Stihl chainsaws worth £1,400, a £700 hedge trimmer, a £500 strimmer and a £700 multi-purpose power tool.

Anyone with information about the theft should contact police on 101.