Halifax police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping Halifax Transit passenger on the bus last week.

Police say on Friday between 4:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m., a woman on the route 4 bus, woke up to a man touching her in a sexual manner over her clothing.

The man got off the bus, which was headed for the Lacewood transit terminal, on Joseph Howe Drive.

The suspect is described as a white man, around five feet eight inches with a slim build. Police say the man had a tattoo of a name on the left side of his neck as well as three piercings in his left ear.

At the time of the assault, he was wearing a green windbreaker, jeans and tan work boots.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Halifax police or Crime Stoppers.