Police are making inquiries after a double-barrelled shotgun and two vehicles were stolen in separate incidents in the area last week.

Officers are appealing for information about the two crimes which took place in Penally during the early hours of last Wednesday, February 20.

The first occurred when a blue-coloured Vauxhall Astra car was stolen from outside Red House, Penally.

The vehicle was later involved in an accident at The Ridgeway where it left the road and went through a hedge, before being abandoned in a nearby field. No other vehicle was involved.

In the second incident, a burglary occurred at Palmers Lake Farm, Penally, which is situated approximately half-a-mile from where the Astra car was abandoned.

During this incident, a shotgun and a blue-coloured Mitsubishi Shogun four-wheel drive vehicle were stolen, together with documents relating to the vehicle, keys and an Ericcson-make mobile telephone.

"It is now known that this vehicle was driven to the Pembroke and Monkton areas, where it was involved in several collisions with other parked vehicles," a police spokesman explained.

The stolen Shogun was subsequently abandoned in Golden Lane, Pembroke, but all the property stolen still remains outstanding.

This includes the shotgun, the make, age and condition of which is unclear, although it does bear the serial number 38282.

"It is described as a side-by-side double-barrelled shotgun and its condition may represent a danger to any person who attempts to use the weapon or indeed anyone finding the weapon," said the spokesman.

Any person who has any information that can assist in recovering this shotgun or who may have witnessed any of the incidents described is asked to contact either Tenby police station on (01834) 842303/4 or Pembroke Dock police station on 01646 682121.

"All information received will be treated in the strictest of confidence," said the spokesman.

"A reward is available for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any offender(s) connected to this incident."

Alternatively, people can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 with information in relation to this or any other incident.