MOBILE phones and tools have been targeted in thefts from vehicles in Wyre Forest this week.

Police warned drivers to make sure their vehicles were secure after a set of ladders was taken from the roof rack of a Volkswagen Golf estate parked in Lister Road, Kidderminster overnight between Sunday and Monday.

On Saturday, a Samsung mobile phone worth £400 was taken from a Ford Transit van which had been left unsecured on a drive in Elan Avenue, Stourport at 6.30pm.