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Police are trying to trace Debbie and Lee – ahem, we mean Santa (Picture: Avon and Somerset Constabulary/SWNS)

Most people are expecting their Christmas presents to be delivered by jolly Santa Claus in a red suit, rather than the boys in blue.

But officers at Avon and Somerset Police could end up moonlighting as Father Christmas after finding a stolen car full of wrapped presents.

The car was reported missing from an address in Redfield, Bristol on December 13 – and 40 minutes later it was seen being driven in the Stokes Croft area.

Officers stopped the car and arrested a man and woman on suspicion of stealing the vehicle. They’ve since been released on bail.

But they also found several wrapped bags of Christmas presents, which they believe were also stolen, potentially from other cars.

Most of the presents were labelled from ‘Debbie and Lee’ or from ‘Sarah, Rich, Max and Joe’.

The stolen Christmas presents. Photo released December 19 2023. See SWNS story SWMRpresents. Police are appealing for the public's help to reunite stolen Christmas presents with their rightful owners that were found - inside a stolen car. Avon and Somerset Police officers are investigating a stolen car with Christmas presents found inside. The car was reported stolen from an address in Redfield, Bristol, at 10:25am on 13 December.Forty minutes after the report, officers located the car being driven in the Stokes Croft area.They stopped the car and arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of theft of a motor vehcile - but inside the car were a number of items believed to have been stolen, possibly from other vehicles, including several bags of wrapped Christmas presents.

Police want to get the gifts back to their rightful owners (Picture: Avon and Somerset Constabulary/SWNS)

The stolen Christmas presents. Photo released December 19 2023. See SWNS story SWMRpresents. Police are appealing for the public's help to reunite stolen Christmas presents with their rightful owners that were found - inside a stolen car. Avon and Somerset Police officers are investigating a stolen car with Christmas presents found inside. The car was reported stolen from an address in Redfield, Bristol, at 10:25am on 13 December.Forty minutes after the report, officers located the car being driven in the Stokes Croft area.They stopped the car and arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of theft of a motor vehcile - but inside the car were a number of items believed to have been stolen, possibly from other vehicles, including several bags of wrapped Christmas presents.

They were found in a stolen car (Picture: Avon and Somerset Constabulary/SWNS)

Now the force want to hear from anyone who has information about the theft of the car or knows who the looted presents belong to.

It’s no reindeer-drawn sleigh, but their rightful owners will probably be just as happy for their gifts to be delivered by police car.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101.

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