POLICE in Wellington have warned people in the area to be on their guard against cold callers offering to do gardening work.

A spokesman said a number of complaints had been received concerning a Transit tipper van with three occupants, one with a strong Irish accent, cold calling for gardening or similar work.

He said: "Householders need to be extremely vigilant whenever they get a cold call and only engage workers who provide a written quote for any work on or around their property.

"Where possible they should get at least one other competitive quote."