TWO shops were targeted by burglars over the weekend in Ross-on-Wye.

Police said between 4am and 4.20am on Sunday morning the front window of a shop in Brookend Street was broken and burglars stole tobacco.

Then between 2.54am and 3.30am on Monday morning somebody threw a silver boules ball at the window which smashed it.

Witnesses describe seeing a small thin male leaving the scene, wearing all black clothing, carrying a rucksack and wearing a white mask on his face.

At 4.11am on Monday morning a shop was broken into on Crofts Lane and e-cigarette paraphernalia has been stolen. A male entered the shop alone and he was wearing a light coloured hoodie with the word BENCH on the hood.