Police are hunting burglars who have been targeting high class porcelain and crockery in Bingley and Ilkley.

Raiders struck at a house in Clifford Road, Middleton, Ilkley, grabbing figurines and cups and saucers.

And they snatched porcelain figurines from a house in Longwood Avenue, Crossflatts, Bingley.

Police said the burglars were spotted by neighbours as they fled the house in Middleton at about 5.38pm on Sunday, June 8.

They had grabbed ten miniature Crown Derby items of crockery and nine Lladro pottery figures. They broke in by forcing a lock on a door and then made off in a stolen car.

The raiders struck in Longwood Avenue between 2pm and 6.30pm last Monday as the occupiers of the house slept. They broke in by prising open a wooden door panel and took two porcelain figurines.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to contact them on (01535) 617080.

Police are also asking residents to look out for a stolen car which has been used in a number of burglaries and smash-and-grab raids in the district. A criminal gang is believed to be still using the green Volkswagen Passat, registration GIL 9348, which was stolen from Wyke on June 8.

The same morning four males were seen with the car at a burglary at the Ilkley Co-op store.

On June 10 the same gang are believed to have burgled a house on Shelf Hall Lane, Shelf, and the following day, raided the Co-op on Great Horton Road at 2.30am. At noon on the same day the car was seen at a burglary in Westercroft Lane, Northowram.