A YOUTH was arrested by police and charged with dozens of acts of vandalism after being caught red-handed by officers.

The teenager was found vandalising a property in the Marchmont area with graffiti by officers in January and reported to the procurator fiscal.

The youth was linked to a series of vandal attacks by his distinctive graffiti “tag”.

Police in the area have been compiling a record of “tags” in a bid to link vandals to a string of crimes.

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