A man is due to face court on Wednesday, charged over several acts of vandalism at train stations across the Hunter, Sydney, and Central Coast transport networks.
Following inquiries, officers from the Police Transport Command executed a search warrant at a home in Blue Haven, Central Coast about 10am on Tuesday.
During the search, investigators located sketch pads, spray paint, a mobile phone, three cannabis plants in a hydroponic setup and 16g of dried cannabis. These items were seized to undergo forensic examination.
A short time later, a 19-year-old man was arrested at the property and taken to Wyong Police Station.
He was charged with 21 offences, including:
- seven counts of malicious
damage,
- cultivate prohibited plant,
- possess prohibited drug,
- five counts of face
blackened/disguised with intent to commit indictable offence, and
- seven counts of enter/remain on running lines.
It will also be alleged the man then uploaded these acts of vandalism to
social media.
The man was refused bail and is due to appear in Wyong Local Court on Wednesday.
A 35-year-old Newtown man was also charged earlier in July following reports railway infrastructure and trains had been vandalised with graffiti across Sydney and the Central Coast transport network.
He remains before the courts.
Investigations are continuing.
