Police are urging people to lock their vehicles – after a rude awakening for a 'drunk stranger'.

Officers have made the plea after attending a job near Police Headquarters in Douglas this morning.

They say a man had driven off in his van only to be startled by a person who was asleep in the back.

In a post on Twitter they say: "Matter sorted but lessons learnt – lock your vehicles and don’t sleep in other people’s vans".