THIEVES have made a clean get away after a thousand boxes of shampoo were stolen from the back of a lorry in Ross-on-Wye.

A white ERF tractor unit with a curtained-sided trailer was en route from Scunthorpe to South Wales with a load of shampoo and other hair products.

The driver pulled up in the VOSA lay-by on the A40 at Ross to sleep overnight in the cab.

Between 7pm on Wednesday November 18 and 3.30am on Thursday November 19, thieves cut two large holes in the side of the curtain, removing around 1,000 boxes of assorted L'Oreal hair products, valued at tens of thousands of pounds.

Police believe at least a large van or small truck would have been needed to take the stolen property away from the scene.

Anyone with information is urged to call PC Dan Pilkington at Ross Police Station on 0300 333 3000 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 as soon as possible.