RESIDENTS are being warned to be vigilant following a spate of shed and garage burglaries.

Power tools and mowers are being targetted in the raids, in Jail Lane, Cudham Lane North and Hawthorne Avenue, Biggin Hill.

Some tools from sheds and garages have been used to try to enter the homes of the properties concerned.

Police are warning that thieves are likely to consider sheds and garages as easier to break into as they are less likely to be alarmed.

Residents are advised to consider floodlighting gardens and fitting a wire cage inside the shed where more expensive items can be stowed and locked away.