A man is said to have urinated on a police CCTV van before letting the tyres down and splattering the windows with yoghurt - but it was not caught on camera.

Witnesses watched in shock as the man allegedly trashed the Hawkeye mobile unit, which was parked in North Street in Ashford.

Discarded tubs of Onken yoghurt were left strewn around the van and the windows were splattered.

A spokesman for Kent Police said: “Kent Police was called just before 9am on Saturday, morning (18 Oct) about a man who had been seen by witnesses allegedly urinating on the Hawkeye van.

“He had also let the tyres down and thrown yoghurt over it.

"We don’t have the damage on CCTV – it was reported to us by eye witnesses."

A 30-year-old man, from Ashford, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle interference and has been released on bail until November 18.

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