POLICE have launched an investigation into a spate of anti-social behaviour.

Eggs were thrown at cars and homes, and rubbish dumped on vehicles, in Kirkby Lonsdale, police said.

April Smith’s car was covered in eggs and smashed pumpkins when she parked in the town on Saturday night.

(Image: April Smith)

The 20-year-old had driven into town with her boyfriend and two friends and parked at the Booths store.

They went for a Chinese takeaway and returned no longer than 20 minutes later.

April said she saw two girls as she was leaving the car park. “They pointed at my car, so I made sure to lock it,” she said.

“As I got back to my car, from a distance, I thought it was bird poo because of the white dripping down my car. As I got closer, I saw the egg and pumpkin.”

April walked into Booths but staff were unable to give any information as to who had been served or provide any CCTV footage.

“It was obvious where they had bought their eggs from,” she said. “The pumpkin had a label on it.”

April said she then recognised one of the girls, who she said was smirking and laughing, and saw her buy more eggs.

“I waited outside the shop for a further 15 minutes but she never came out,” April said.

After trying to clean the mess off her car at 8pm, April drove home.

She described the two girls as no older than 16 and said: “I’d say the girls were probably 14-15 and very big-headed as the attitude between them was as if they were untouchable.”

A spokesman for South Lakes Police said: "We are aware that, over the course of the weekend, a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour and criminal damage have occurred.

"This includes the use of eggs being deposited on cars, homes and other private property and the emptying of refuse bins on to private vehicles. Nobody should have to take time out of their day to rectify the nuisance behaviour of others.

"We would encourage anyone affected to contact us directly, as opposed to anecdotal reporting on local forums or Facebook community pages. It is important that we are able to accurately account for properties, vehicles or individuals who have been targeted and this is only realistic where reports are made to us, directly.

"Work is ongoing to identify those involved and hold them to account and we are liaising with retailers in our community to work together to reduce the likelihood of re-occurrence.

"If you have been subject to such behaviour please let us know via email or 101."