Police are appealing to witnesses and anybody with information relating to the theft of a significant amount of vodka in the Somer Valley area.
An alarm was raised after a white HGV arrived at a yard in Third Avenue, Westfield Industrial Estate, Radstock, with a substantial amount of premium vodka missing from its load at around 5pm on Friday (2 October).
A man, in his late forties, has been arrested on suspicion of theft and has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.
Detectives are appealing for help regarding sightings of a man described as aged in his fifties, with a long white beard, a brown leather cowboy hat, and a sleeveless high-visibility jacket, unloading a white lorry in the Somer Valley area on the day of the offence.