A thief has stolen a fish and chip delivery van while the driver was dropping off suppers to a customer.

The Ashvale worker was left shocked after discovering the vehicle had been stolen on Cummings Park Drive in Aberdeen.

The driver's jacket, wallet and mobile phone were also taken as well as a customer's order of two fish suppers.

Ashvale's operations director, Stuart Devine, said: "He got out of his van at the front door and someone jumped into it and drove away.

"There was one delivery in the vehicle. We have ovens in the van which still had a couple of fish suppers so an opportunist thief would have got that thrown in too.

"If the person was bright enough to look in the oven he would have got two free suppers."

The vehicle has since been recovered.

"It is not nice. The driver was left shook up," said Mr Devine.

"It is the first time this has ever happened and we do not want our staff to have to go through this again. Hopefully it is the last time it happens."

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Officers are investigating the theft of a white Renault Kangoo van from the Cummings Park Drive area of Aberdeen on Tuesday at around 6pm.

"The vehicle has since been recovered and enquiries are ongoing."

Anyone with information is asked to contact 101.