EMERGENCY services including a hazardous materials expert were called after a teenager was sprayed in the face with a fizzy drink near Poole Bus Station.

A major response involving police, ambulance and fire crews swung into action yesterday before the substance was identified.

Police were first called to the incident in the town centre at 1.16pm.

At the time, the drink had not been identified and was reported as an unknown substance.

Eye witnesses also reported seeing the police dog unit.

The male teenager did not sustain any injuries.

South Western Ambulance Service said they were called at 1.09pm and attended with a critical care team and an operations officer.

One patient was treated at the scene.

Enquiries are ongoing find the person responsible.

A police spokesperson said: “Officers from the local neighbourhood policing team are aware of this latest reported incident and are continuing to engage with the local community and staff at the bus station via daily contact and high profile proactive patrols.

“They can be approached by anyone with concerns.”

It’s the latest in a series of incidents at the bus station. 

Last month, gangs of teenagers running riot left one man with a fractured eye socket and caused chaos at the bus station.

Police were called on Saturday, March 23, after scuffles broke out between a group of around 20 youths, a bus driver and a passenger.

Witnesses said the children had been running through the bus station throwing loyalty cards and sugar sachets, taken from the Subway restaurant, at one another. One of the teens was removed from a bus by an irate driver after being sick.

Moments later violence erupted after another teenage boy sprayed the contents of his water bottle at the driver and one of his passengers.

The previous week, teenage thugs hit a man on the head with a bottle when he asked them to stop spitting at him. Carl Desborough suffered a fractured eye socket in the cowardly assault, which took place while he waited at the bus station at 6.30pm on Saturday, March 16.

Poole councillor Andy Garner-Watts and mayor Sean Gabriel say much work is being done to alleviate the issues.

Cllr Garner-Watts said the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council is “absolutely adamant” that it will work on anti-social behaviour in Poole. 

“We don’t want to disperse the problems to other areas of Poole – we want to cut them off altogether,” he said.

Cllr Gabriel praised the speedy response of the emergency services.

“It’s reassuring to see how quickly police, paramedics and firefighters were there,” he said.