A pay and display machine was stolen from Christchurch Hospital on Thursday night.
A red Land Rover with a trailer attached was taken during the same night from an address on Melbourne Road.
The vehicle was later recovered without the trailer and is being forensically examined. Police believe the thefts are linked.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting incident reference 55150034023.
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