POLICE are investigating the alleged theft of electricity from a home in Burnley.

Police said at 12.20pm on Wednesday, January 11 they were called to Green Bangla Indian Restaurant on Marsden Road, to reports of electricity theft.

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Officers attended and discovered a cable had been laid from the premises to a nearby residential property.

It is believed electricity could have been abstracted illegally from the residential address.

Police said both properties had been made safe, in partnership with Electricity North West, and enquiries are ongoing.

No arrests have been made.