Thieves made off with a tonne of scrap metal in a late-night raid at a recycling yard.

They targeted the scrap metal facility in Dumfries on the night of Friday, November 25.

Police have now launched an investigation into the large-scale theft from Rosefield Salvage Recycling in the Lochside Industrial Estate on Irongray Road.

Officers believe the raid happened between 9.30pm and midnight and say a vehicle would have been used.

Constable Keith Beattie, of Dumfries police office, said: "This amount of metal would have taken some manpower and time to shift from the premises.

"We want to hear from anyone who may have been in the area of the Lochside Industrial Estate between 9.30pm and midnight on Friday night and who might have seen anything suspicious, or any vehicles which may have been in the area, as clearly a vehicle would have been used to take the metal away.

"The value of the metal runs to thousands of pounds Callers can call police at Dumfries on the 101 number."