A MAN has been charged with burglary after he was arrested on suspicion of stealing five guitars worth a total of £16,500.

Police in Scarborough were called to a burglary in progress at a shop in Bar Street at about 3.40am on Monday.

A man from Huddersfield, 57, was found with a holdall containing five guitars worth £3,000 - £4,000 each.

He was arrested and has since been charged with burglary and going equipped for burglary.

He has been released on bail, with conditions not to enter North Yorkshire, and will appear at Scarborough Magistrates Court on January 30.