A HOARD of stolen pills could have been dumped by thieves following a break-in at a doctor's surgery.

Cleveland Police are concerned that the tablets, stolen from the Coatham Road surgery, in Redcar, may have been discarded when the thieves realised they were of no use to them.

Most of the pills were medication which had been returned by patients and were not in child-proof bottles.

Anyone who finds the pills, used to treat asthma, blood pressure and arthritis, should hand them into any chemist or police station