THIEVES used a converted electric milk float to escape with goods worth £4,000 from a Lancashire theme park.

Intruders broke into a garage at Camelot Theme Park, near Chorley to get to the vehicle Police believe the thieves loaded CCTV equipment, a power washer, tools and a laptop computer onto an electric vehicle stored in the garage.

The adapted milk float, which had a Merlin wizard logo on the side, was then driven through the park during the incident which happened on Saturday.

The vehicle was found abandoned on the park’s car park.