POLICE are investigating following a burglary at a Dawlish shop.

Officers were alerted to the Co-Op in The Strand in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A front glass door had been smashed and a quantity to Lottery scratch cards.

A police spokesman said: ‘Officers were called to the break-in at the Co-op on The Strand around 3.35am on Sunday 12 October.

‘The front door glass had been smashed and a quantity of National Lottery scratchcards stolen.’

Police are investigating the incident and appealing for anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious at the time of the offence to contact them.

Please report information online or telephone 101, quoting crime reference 50230298152.