A tractor has been stolen in the middle of the night from a farm near Yeovil.

At 3.23 am yesterday (September 21) thieves broke into a farm in Haselbury Plucknett and made off with a TAFE 45 tractor like the one pictured above.

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The tractor was fitted with a red scraper at the time.

As part of the investigation, Avon and Somerset Police Rural Affair Units sent up a drone in south Somerset during the day.

South West Farmer: The drone at work. Picture: Avon and Somerset Rural Affairs UnitThe drone at work. Picture: Avon and Somerset Rural Affairs Unit

Officers are asking for anyone with information to call them on 101 with the crime reference number 5221219548.

They are also asking people to share the news of the theft and make the tractor "too hot to handle".