POLICE have issued a warning after 90 tablets were stolen from a house in Darlington. The prescription morphine sulphate tablets were taken from a house, in Cobden Street, between 9pm on Saturday and 8.40am on Sunday.

The tablets are grey and pink and are marked with "10mg" on one side, and an elliptical motif on the other.

Detective Sergeant Alec Francis, of Darlington police, said: "They are harmful in the wrong hands and certainly are not to be taken under any circumstances, particularly by any drug user or abuser."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Darlington police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.