PEOPLE in Wellington were advised last week not to buy tools being sold from ‘a large silver van’.

PCSO Steve Hill said two reports had been made about two men in the area last Friday.

He said: “The first report was from the Quantock Road area, where a member of the public was stopped and asked if he wanted to buy any tools from the back of the van.

“The second report was from Waitrose car park where two white males were trying to sell a generator from the back of a large silver van.”

The van is believed to have had a large, possibly magnetised, sticker or sign on the side.

PCSO Hill added: “Please keep an eye out for the van and if you’re approached, our advice would be never buy tools or any other items from persons you do not know in circumstances such as these.”

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting log 555 of last Friday’s date (July 17).