Police are appealing for information after a series of criminal damage attacks in an area of Braintree.
Walls and fencing of a building in Swinbourne Drive, Braintree, were spray painted, causing £100 worth of damage over the bank holiday weekend.
Over the same weekend, two other buildings were also damaged in the nearby Bradbury Drive.
More than £3,000 of damage was caused to a windows and a gate lock were caused after vandals threw objects through the windows causing the glass to smash and spraying stone chip paint in the locks of the main gate.
A further £10 of damage was caused to a lock after vandals spray painted it, rendering it inoperable overnight between the Sunday and Monday. There was also signs of the main gate being tampered with but no damaged was caused.
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