POLICE are hunting thieves who stole £5,000 worth of vaping equipment from a Radcliffe shop.

Officers reported that thieves broke into The Vaping Works, in Stand Lane, via a back door between 9.40-11.40pm on Saturday, January 23.

The shop, which only opened in November, has posted a full list of the items stolen on its Facebook page, Grumpy Juice. The items include both hardware equipment and e-liquids.

Its owners have appealed for members of the public to inform police if they are offered any similar equipment under suspicious circumstances.

A Grumpy Juice spokesman said: "We really enjoy having a shop in Radcliffe and won't let a couple of bad apples change our view of a great community."

The day after the break-in, a post on the shop's Facebook page said: "Our little shop was broken into last night and we had quite a bit of hardware taken. That'll be back up and running in a few days. The Grumpy Juice e-liquid site and sales are not affected. Vape on!"

The stolen items were listed as vapour flask stouts, vapour flask classics, vapour flask lites, Reuleaux RX 200 temperature control mods, Coolfire IV iSub G kits, Grumpy Juice e-liquid, Craggy juice, and The Vaping Works branded e-liquids.

Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting the reference number 2615 of January 23.