Seven of eight miniature ponies stolen from a farm have been found and returned home.

Only the palomino pony is still missing after two were found on Tuesday, July 18 in a field near Christchurch, near March in Cambridgeshire.

Five were recovered by the force's Rural Crime Action Team in a field near Beck Row Travellers' site in Suffolk following a call by a member of Cambridgeshire Countryside Watch.

The ponies were stolen from a field in Sixteen Foot Bank, Stonea, overnight between 10pm on Wednesday, July 12 and 8am the following day.

Owner Daniel Everett said at the time: 'We had a lorry stop on top of the road side and they cut through a load of bramble and hedge row to get in.

'Then they cut through a fence lined with a 12,000 volt surge through it.

'They definitely knew what they were doing. They left rubber gloves behind and we found bread rolls on the floor, which they must have used to entice the horses.

'There was also some rope left which we think they used to try and catch them.

'It means everything to our family to get the horses back. The ones that have been taken are the ones we've been breeding. They've taken what we've been building for years.'

Anyone with information about the remaining missing pony should call police on 101 quoting CF0397610717CF0397610717 or visit www.contactcambspolice.uk/Report/ Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org