NINE overnight burglaries are being linked after keys and bike were taken from a house.

The items were stolen from a house in Swanfield Drive, Chichester, at around 5am on Sunday.

The latest offence is being linked to eight other overnight burglaries in the area between July 16 and 19 in which various items were taken including tobacco, ID documents, electrical items and cash.

Detectives believe that in each case the offenders got in because the the address was not kept secure.

Witnesses or anyone with information about the Swanfield Drive raid are asked to contact Sussex Police by calling 101, quoting 298 of 16/07.