A MINI digger has been stolen from a housing development in Wellington.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate the Takeuchi mini digger, which went missing overnight on Wednesday of last week, August 3 into the following morning. The digger TB216 is grey and red with a bucket at the front.

It was taken from the Moonbeams Farm housing development in the town between 5pm on Wednesday, August 3, and 7.30am on Thursday, August 4.

A spokesperson for the police said: “We are also looking for any witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious or can describe the suspects or their vehicles.”