Five teenagers were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following a number incidents on buses in Liverpool.
Officers arrested three boys aged 13 years, 14 years and 15 years from Huyton, a 14-year-old girl from Huyton and 15-year-old girl from Halewood all on suspicion of criminal damage to a bus. Three of the group have also been arrested for a second act of criminal damage to a bus. All five suspects remain in police custody.
The arrests come after a "day in action" on Friday, April 1. This was in response to reports of more than 18 incidents on the transport network in the past several weeks where a reported £100,000 damage has been caused to Arriva buses. Windows were kicked out or smashed, seats destroyed and burnt, and a passenger reportedly assaulted, police said.
