A POLICE dog has sniffed out the movements of intruders who broke into a Malvern store.

Police dog Bellon was used to search B&Q in Malvern for intruders in the early hours of Friday morning after the store's alarms sounded.

Although the intruders had already fled, police said Bellon and his handler were able to find where they had been and how they had got into the store.

@MalvernCops tweeted a picture and captioned it: "Handler Morrell with Bellon searching B&Q for intruders after speedy response with your Cops & Keyholders. #MalCopTE."

A police spokesman later added: "The intruders had left but Bellon showed us where they'd been and where they had got in."

The search took place just before 2am at the Spring Lane store.