POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a gang of burglars ram-raided a shop and a petrol station last month, causing "extensive damage". 

Thieves, wearing balaclavas, attacked a shop in Moreton-in-Marsh high street as well as a petrol station in Bourton-on-the-Hill in the early hours on Wednesday December 28.

At around 2.20am a vehicle was driven into the front of a store on Moreton-in-Marsh high street.

The vehicle was used to drive through the shop front and then a group of burglars, who were all wearing balaclavas, gained access and stole a number of items from within.

Extensive damaged was caused to the building during the incident. 

The group then fled the area in a white Volkswagen vehicle believed to have been driven on false plates.

At around 2.30am a petrol station nearby in Bourton-on-the-Hill was also attacked by the same group travelling in the white Volkswagen.

A number of items were stolen, including cigarettes and alcohol.

The vehicle left the scene in the direction of Fish Hill.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incidents or who has any information to contact them. 

Information can be provided to police online by completing the following form and quoting incident 19 of December 28.

You can report anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or through their website.