POLICE are warning Ringwood residents to keep their homes locked and secure at all times following a daytime burglary in the town centre.

An efit has now been released of a man officers want to talk to about the burglary in The Close on Friday, February 4.

The householders returned home at 12.45pm and a short while later heard a noise. They looked out of a window and saw the man on the pavement.

Later that afternoon they discovered a £400 Toshiba laptop computer and bag was missing.

The suspect is in his early 20s, 5ft 6in tall, well built with short dark flattened hair and wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information should contact PC Carl Peverill at Lyndhurst on 0845 045 4545 or the anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555111.