POLICE are appealing for witnesses after burglaries near Alresford.

Burglars broke into two homes in Main Road, Cheriton. The offenders appear to have been scared off from one property by an alarm and nothing was stolen.

But they took a blue Samsung laptop and a Verbatim external hard drive from the second house.

Anyone with information of the raids between 2.20am and 3am on June 17 should contact Winchester police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.