A BURGLAR stole cash and lottery tickets from a Hereford supermarket in the early hours of Monday morning.

The incident took place at Tesco in Bewell Street.

A police spokesman said: "An unknown offender is believed to have forced entry to the front of the store, taking an unknown amount of cash and lottery tickets from the tills.”

Police enquiries are currently ongoing and anyone with information or anybody who saw suspicious activity in the area is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 22s of January 15.