GWENT Police are appealing for information after two men tried to break in to a van in Machen last night.

Two men got out of a blue estate car, at around 8.30pm, and tried to open the back door of a parked Fiat van on Church Street. After realising they had been seen they got back into the car and drove off.

The men are white, in their late teens/early twenties, both had blue gloves on and one was wearing a grey hooded top. One was described as speaking with a local accent.

The car the men were in is described as a Lexus make.

If you have any information that could help please call 101 quoting log number 431 11/11/14 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.