Police have release CCTV of a man wanted in connection with the theft of diesel fuel worth £15,000 from a gardening business.

At least six men broke into the nursery in Sedge Green, Roydon, at around 9.50pm on September 9.

The CCTV image shows a man at the gate of the complex.

The thieves are thought to have been on the premises for nearly three hours while they pumped fuel from a storage tank to a lorry parked outside.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "The vehicle was described as a dark-coloured 7.5ton lorry with a small Union Jack sign on the side curtain.

"The thieves were also using a light-coloured Subaru estate car.

"Anyone who can identify the man in the CCTV image, or anyone who was in the area between 10pm on Monday and 1.40am the following morning and saw anything suspicious, should contact the investigating officer, Pc Jennie Morris or her colleagues, at Loughton Neighbourhood Crime Team on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111."