POLICE officers are searching for a woman after a purse was stolen from a shopper in TK Maxx in Salisbury.

The theft, Wiltshire Police says, occurred on September 13 when a woman in her 60s was shopping at he Cross Keys store.

Following the theft, the woman's cards were used in Boots, Tesco and Salisbury Railway Station.

The appeal from Wiltshire Police read: "We’d like to speak to the woman pictured in connection with the theft of a purse from a woman’s handbag.

"The victim, aged in her 60s, was shopping in TK Maxx, Cross Keys Chequer, Salisbury, at approximately 12.30pm on September 13."

Anyone with information should call 101 and quote crime reference number 54190091010.