POLICE are warning the public to be cautious after a potentially harmful medication was reported lost in Prenton.

The medication is believed to have been stolen from a vehicle in the Woodchurch road area overnight on Monday, February 8.

Officers are warning people that taking any medication which hasn't been prescribed for them can be dangerous and, in some circumstances, can prove fatal.

The medication was inside a small blue plastic container and comprises one strip of approximately 10 Morphine tablets, one strip of eight Tramadol tablets, one 100ml bottle of Oramorphe liquid morphine and a Glandosane saliva spray, in addition to migraine and hayfever medication.

Anyone who finds any of this medication should hand it in to any pharmacy or police station or call officers on the 101 number.