POLICE are vowing to crack down on youths causing trouble in Kingsteignton.

Toilets have been vandalised, moped engines revved in the early hours and, in a new craze, cola bottles thrown across roads and exploding on impact.

Businesses and residents living in the area around the Fountain are being affected almost every night by groups of between eight and at times up to 30 youths.

Aged between 12 and 19, they are reported to shout abuse at passers-by, throw litter around and set light to waste bins.