A RARE racing tandem cycle was stolen from a locked garden in Tilbury.

The bike was taken sometime between 6pm on Friday, December 13 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 14 from a property in Arkwright Road.

The rare bike is a blue Arnda Reynolds racing tandem cycle.

Another bicycle was stolen from the area at a similar time but that was returned to the owner after posters were distributed around the area.

The owner of this tandem cycle does not have any pictures of the bike.

Anyone with information is asked to call Pc Robert Bailey at Grays Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.