Police are appealing for information after a distraction burglary in Oswestry last week.

The incident is believed to have happened at around 1.30pm on Friday, September 6 in Hawthorne Grove when a man was reported to have knocked on the door of a woman in her 90s and told her her water pipes needed checking.

The man then told her to go outside and shake the pipes while he stayed inside the house.

Police then say that shortly after the man left, the victim discovered there had been a search of the upstairs bedrooms and a quantity of cash had been stolen.

The man is described as white, in his 50s, around 5ft 5in tall, and clean shaven, wearing a navy baseball cap, a pale blue shirt, navy blue trousers and black gloves.

It is believed the man walked away with another man of a similar description, while a red van was seen in the area but it is not known whether this vehicle was linked.

Enquiries are ongoing but officers would like to hear from anyone who was in the area, who witnessed the incident or who saw anyone matching the above description.

Anyone with any information should call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting incident number 335S of September 6.