A BURGLAR broke into a St Osyth house to steal the owner's car keys before driving their vehicle away.

The house on Dumont Avenue, St Osyth, was broken into overnight between Saturday August 27 and Sunday August 28.

A silver Honda Civic was stolen, which contained a number of power tools.

The car was found burnt out at Lee-over-Sands near Clacton, and some of the power tools were discovered in Crow Lane, St Osyth.

Anyone with information should contact Det Con Bernadette Lord on 0300 333 4444.