POLICE hunting a man who stole hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol from a Poole supermarket have released a CCTV image.

At around 6.52pm on Thursday February 27 a man entered the Waitrose store in Ashley Road in Parkstone and put several bottles of alcohol as well as other items into a trolley and made off from the store without paying. The total value of the items stolen was £576.

Police Sergeant Carmel Ryan, of Dorset Police, said: “We are making enquiries into this theft and have obtained CCTV images of the suspect.

“I would urge anyone with information as to his identity to please contact us.”

Information to Dorset Police on 101, quoting occurrence number 55200031715, or the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111.