A brazen thief stole an £800 cable scanner from a building site.
They targeted a building site in Ilex Close, Colchester, at 10.30am on Tuesday and took the scanner from a wheel barrow before running off.
Anyone who was in the area of has any information about where the scanner is currently, is asked to call Pc Nick Pulham at Colchester Police station on 101
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