Car thieves have targeted a Buckinghamshire residential road in the early hours of the morning. 

A white Mercedes GLC model SUV was snatched outside a home in Penn when the occupants were asleep.

The thieves hit out on Wheeler Avenue near Church Road around 2.45am on May 24, Thames Valley Police confirmed.

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A spokesperson for the force said: “We have received a report around this theft of a car.

“We would ask anyone with information around this incident to please call 101 reference 43230227271.”

The theft of the luxury car comes only a week after a BMW stolen in on Upper Riding in Beaconsfield, prompting the police the launch an investigation into the theft.