A 50 year old woman is under investigation after a designer handbag was stolen in an opportunist bag snatch from March Market Place.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said: “We’re investigating a theft of a handbag which took place on July 20 at about 7.20am in Market Place, March.

“A 50-year-old woman from March was arrested on suspicion of theft on July 20. She was later released under investigation.”

A woman motorist is alleged to have taken an opportunist moment to snatch the Louis Vuitton bag that was on the doorstop of a shop in March Market Place as the owner carried items into her premises.

The passing motorist spotted the bag and took it.

The bag contained cash, purse, cards and an iphone which had a tracking device on it, enabling the bag to be located.