A POLICE investigation is under way after battery acid was used to damage an excavator.

The criminal damage incident took place overnight on January 13 into January 14 in a field in Stour Provost, north Dorset.

A North Dorset spokesperson said it was a secure 360 degree excavator that was targeted.

Anyone with information should contact Dorset Police by phoning 101 or online at dorset.police.uk/do-it-online quoting reference 55220007006.

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