Two Cromarty businesses were broken into overnight in what police believe are linked crimes.
Each business reported on social media that they were the subject of break-ins.
Cromarty Brewing Co closed their shop until further notice after discovering their door was damaged and someone had broken in overnight.
They urged anyone who saw something suspicious to get in touch.
The Egg Box shop in Cromarty was also broken into overnight.
Their egg box machine from Holland was stolen and will take them more than two weeks to replace.
It is worth a four-figure sum.
Police in the Highlands are appealing for information following these break-ins, which are said to be linked.
The suspect is described as a white male of an average build and around 6ft tall.
At the time of the incidents, he was wearing a white baseball cap, a green/navy snood, navy coloured fleece jacket, dark worker’s combat style trousers with a green pocket cover and red/black gloves.
He also had a dark coloured watch on his left wrist.
Officers believe these incidents are linked and are appealing for assistance to try and identify the man responsible.
Acting Sergeant Alasdair Lee, of Dingwall Community Policing, said: “We are appealing to anyone who may have any information relating to these incidents.
“Although this happened through the night, we would ask if anyone noticed anyone acting suspicious in the area to contact officers.
“We believe that both incidents are linked and we would encourage members of the local community to contact police if they have any information that could assist with our investigation.
“Police can be contacted on 101 quoting incident number 0458 of Thursday, 3 September, 2020.”
