Police release CCTV images to catch vandals on the 111, H98 and H32 bus routes (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)

Police release CCTV images to catch vandals on the 111, H98 and H32 bus routes

12:51pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

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This rogues gallery has been released as part of an ongoing campaign to tackle yobs who cause chaos on buses.

Police have spent months trying to track down seven individuals after various crimes were committed on public transport - and took the decision to release these images as a last-ditch public appeal for information.

The move is part of Operation BusTag, which is run by a Metropolitan Police transport team and CCTV investigation unit to identify, arrest and bring to justice anyone caught carrying out criminal damage by on-bus cameras.

Officers want to quiz the youth in image 893 about graffiti that was found on an H98 bus after he made a trip from Bell Road, Hounslow, to Uxbridge Road, in Hayes, on August 5, last year.

The beanie-wearing youth in picture 239 is wanted in connection with seat damage on board a 111 bus on February 18, 2009. His journey took him from Heathrow to Hampton Court Road.

Police are chasing four vandals following separate incidents where passengers scrawled etches on windows of 111 buses last year.

The hoody-wearer in 481 travelled from Bath Road, Hounslow, to Hampton Court Road, on April 19.

The pair in 789A and B were caught on camera getting on a bus in Percy Road, Hampton, and jumping off in Hampton Lane, on June 30.

Meanwhile, the passenger in image 767 was ferried from Grove Road, Hounslow, to The Avenue, Hampton, on June 28.

Finally, officers want to question the youth in picture 894 after the door of an H32 bus was damaged in Convent Way, Southall, on August 2, 2009.

Chief Superintendent Joe Royle, of the Met’s Safer Transport Command, said: “These people may think they have got away with it. They are wrong.

“We are determined that all offenders of bus criminal damage are brought to justice and we will leave no stone unturned in our endeavour to do so.

“However, without successful identification there can be no arrests. By publishing the images in the press there is an even stronger chance of identification through the community, to whom we are extremely grateful for any information received.”

Anyone with information can call Operation BusTag anonymously on 020 7027 8950 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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