BEACH rangers cracking down on schoolkids throwing boozy, drug-fuelled parties at a picturesque seaside resort have revealed some of the worst behaviour captured on camera.
Volunteers are spending the nights patrolling Polzeath beach in Cornwall amid teenagers going on the rampage there this summer.
CCTV cameras have been installed after locals raised the alert over night-long partying, vandalism, littering and other anti-social behaviour.
Now the beach rangers, including ex-police officers, have described some of the worst antics so far among revellers whose behaviour has been compared to US student "Spring Breakers".
These include couples having sex in public, people being found lying comatose on the sand and youngsters not only knocking back beer and wine but also spirits such as cognac.
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Teenagers have previously revealed how drug-dealers coming down from London are openly offering marijuana, cocaine and ketamine.
The area has been a favourite summer holiday destination in recent years for Conservative former prime minister David Cameron as well as Oscar-nominated British actress Helena Bonham Carter.
Concerns about partying youngsters causing summer chaos have previously been raised along the Cornish coast in Newquay, which was dubbed "Britain's Magaluf".
Former police officer Andy, 53, described how youngsters aged between 13 and 16 appeared to be most dominant during this year's Polzeath beach sprees.
As many as 500 youngsters have been gathering overnight on the beach, not only leaving behind empty wine bottles and beer cans but also hurling glass at the rocks and across the sand.
Andy, who began work as the resort's first beach ranger in 2019, believes locals are making some progress in hitting back - but face increasing pressure this summer especially as the school holidays are now under way.
Life-saving rings have been vandalised while wooden benches have been torn up and set on fire.
Describing the youngsters descending on Polzeath, Andy told the Star: "Ninety-five per cent of them are really lovely and well-behaved but you will always get a small minority who want to spoil it for others - and that's not just private schools, that's anybody.
"It happens in America as we know - school's out and they all head to various beaches and have parties."
He described how "shocked" he was to see so many youngsters having outdoor sex when shining his torch across the beach, while the two new infra-red cameras have also been exposing wrongdoing.
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The dad-of-one added to the Mail: "On the floor at dawn we'd find condoms everywhere, broken glass, excrement, smashed bottles, girls' knickers, vapes, cigarettes, unconscious teenagers — the beach completely trashed.
"And we find empty bags of cocaine all over the beach."
As well as the volunteer beach rangers, this year two Devon and Cornwall police officers have been on duty between 6pm and 3am each night for the first time.
Insp Adam Stonehill, in charge of the neighbourhood policing team. said: "It's been a big group effort.
“The anti-social behaviour is fuelled by alcohol. The large percentage of the children we are dealing with are perfectly polite and understanding and they are pleased we are here.
"Lots of them are posing for photographs with us."
They have also been joined by two security guards, Jezra Mackenzie and Jules Turner, from the nearby restaurant Surfside.
Yet an anonymous 18-year-old last week told of the wild and brazen beach bashes being held in Polzeath despite fury from locals.
He described how parents "don't care" about their youngsters' antics - despite ambulances being called to help "really wasted people", while "drug dealers from London" were roaming freely.
He made the claims in an article for the Times, writing under the pseudonym Oscar Bloomsbury - describing how he had been coming to Polzeath for summer parties since the age of 14.
He suggested parents would be "horrified" to learn the extent of drug-taking, CornwallLive reported.
And he said even CCTV cameras and floodlights put up by council chiefs and beach rangers were not enough to deter party-goers.
His words came after Polzeath residents warned how their area was being ruined by tourists who have sex on their beaches.
Locals have also slammed "anti-social" schoolchildren and revellers for littering and vandalising the area.
