Local police are continuing investigations, after graffiti vandals caused malicious damage to a number of premises in Tenby during the early hours of Tuesday morning, with the harbour area suffering the worst. Black aerosol paint was sprayed on a number of walls in the harbour area as vandals left a trail of graffiti through the town, continuing up to St. Mary's Street and over as far as The Esplanade. During the late-night spree the culprits made a point of defacing anything they came across, including walls, phone kiosks and even one of the Caldey Island ticket boxes. The worst area to be hit was the walkway approach to Castle Beach, where the Dennis Cafe suffered a substantial amount of graffiti damage. "Obviously we don't know the exact time the vandals struck, but when we arrived to open the cafe on Tuesday morning at around 7.30 am, imagine our annoyance and disgust at the vandalism that greeted us on the walls of our business," said Mike Lindsay, who runs the popular beach cafe along with his parents Gordon and Dorothy. "It's such a senseless act of vandalism, that it seems beyond belief that anyone would have the nerve to attack someone else's property for no reason at all." Mike also pointed to an incident on the Sunday evening when his father Gordon had to give a telling off to a group of youths outside the cafe who he said were being a nuisance. "I don't know whether it was the same youths getting some sort of payback for the telling off, or whether it was just other kids messing around with a spray can. All that seems clear is that whoever is responsible has made sure that they've gone out of their way to hit certain areas and buildings in the town, but hopefully the police will catch the culprits," he added. Following the vandalism, a police spokesman told the Observer: "This is the worst case of graffiti vandalism Tenby has seen and we've received numerous 'phone calls from a number of residents and traders whose premises have been defaced. "Although there is no distinguishable wording used in the graffiti, the names Ben and Verge were sprayed on one of the premises." This latest incident follows a number of cases of vandalism that have hit the town. Back in April, vandals attacked one of Tenby's most prominent monuments, when the statue of Prince Albert on Castle Hill was daubed in yellow paint along with a cannon in the same area. Less than two weeks ago, vandals caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to one of the memorial flower beds in the Paragon Gardens which overlook the South Beach. At the time of the incident, the town's Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane, called for the vandals to be 'named and shamed' for the destruction they had caused at the gardens, which had already been subjected to damage on three other occasions. Police are investigating this latest incident and are also appealing for anyone with any information to contact the town's police station on 842303.