Detectives are searching for a man over a robbery which literally took the biscuit.

Police said they want to speak to Liverpudlian Paul Michael Price in connection with the theft of £20,000 of biscuits from the maker of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels.

The cookies were in a lorry and trailer stolen from Burtons Foods in Cwmbran, South Wales, in an early-morning raid on the factory in June.

A Gwent Police spokesman said today: "We're appealing for information to locate 37-year-old Paul Michael Price from the Liverpool area who we would like to speak with following the theft of a trailer containing approximately £20,000 worth of biscuits from Burtons Foods Ltd on Ty Coch Way in Cwmbran."

He added that Price has links to both the Liverpool and Stoke areas.

A 24-year-old man from Liverpool is due to appear at Newport Crown Court charged with theft on November 5, police said.

