British Transport Police arrested 80 people in one day as part of a crack-down on anti-social behaviour in southern England.

Ten of these were arrested or cautioned in Croydon on September 23 for a number of offences, including possession of a class A drug, fare evasion, cycle theft and being wanted by the police.

More than 100 police officers, in uniform and plain clothed, were involved in Operation Volcanic.

BTP Superintendent Andy Ball said: “We launched Operation Volcanic to tackle anti-social behaviour, low-level disorder and other types of behaviour that generally make people feel unsafe and which are often the pre-cursor for more serious offending.

“This operation showed that anti-social behaviour is not something that we tolerate, and our officers regularly conduct high-visibility patrols on the rail network across south London and the south to tackle it.

“This is part of a series of similar operations directed at making the transport network safer and reassuring passengers and rail staff that we won’t tolerate this type of behaviour.”

To report any anti-social behaviour on trains or at rail stations in your area contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.