POLICE want to find thieves who made off with a mini-tractor and grass cutter worth more than £20,000 in total.

Thieves scaled the walls of a Sunderland City Council parks division compound in Doxford Park, in the city, between Thursday night and yesterday morning.

They stole a tree chopper, a Green Mech Chip Master 202, with chassis number 850K worth £13,000 and a grass cutting mini-tractor a green John Deere 455 all-wheel steer worth £8,000 with registration number Y106 EVK.

Police believe the thieves used a large vehicle to take the equipment away.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to phone police on 0191 454 7555, extension 66259