Graffiti team arrest gang
Lucy Harvey

SIX teenage members of a alleged graffiti gang were last night in police custody in Doncaster.


The group are allegedly responsible for defacing property across Doncaster, Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Cleethorpes in North Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.
They are also thought to be linked to various Internet chatrooms devoted to graffiti.
Officers swooped on five separate addresses in Doncaster yesterday morning in one of the largest operations of its kind involving the police, councils, and Crimestoppers.
The six boys, including two brothers, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. During the breakfast-time raids police also seized equipment including computers which have been sent for forensic examination.
Yesterday's police operation, dubbed Axed 3, was mounted after members of the public came forward with information.
Crimestoppers' Regional Co-ordinator DS Ian Froggett said: "A lot of callers to Crimestoppers have uttered their disgust at what they see to be mindless and unsightly and certainly not an artform."
Anyone with information can ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or contact South Yorkshire Police on 0114 220 2020.