The man approaching a Yates Street business with a can of blue spray paint probably didn’t expect to be so clearly caught on camera.

Unlucky for him, his unwanted art on the side of the building in the 700-block of Yates Street was right in the frame of a surveillance camera. The incident happened on Aug. 15 at about 2:30 a.m. but Victoria police are now circulating the footage hoping someone will recognize the tagger.

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He almost turns directly to the camera as he spray paints a word on the glass doors.

The man is Caucasian, about 25- to 30-years-old. He was wearing a grey tweed hat, blue jeans, a purple short-sleeve button-up shirt and blue jeans. He was carrying a black backpack.

Anyone with information on this tagger is asked to contact the department’s graffiti co-ordinator, Const. Franco Bruschetta at franco.bruschetta@vicpd.ca.