A purse containing cash and bank cards was stolen during an overnight theft from a car in Lowestoft.  

Police are reminding motorists to remove belongings from their vehicles and to ensure they were locked after a car was targeted in the latest break-in.

It comes after a spate of thefts from vehicles across the town in recent weeks.

And a further reminder has been issued after a car parked on Bourne Road, Lowestoft was entered sometime overnight between 8pm on Monday, September 11 and 6.59am on Tuesday, September 12.

A police spokesman said: "A purse containing cash and bank cards was stolen but was discarded in a bin minus the cash and bank cards.

"Can you help?"

If you have any information about this theft, please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference number 37/53458/23 via 101.