Bus driver who delivered junkies to police told 'We're too busy to help'

When bus driver Paul Gibbs was told two passengers were smoking crack cocaine, he thought he would do the community a favour.

As he drove the number 47 bus past a police station, he pulled up outside while passengers ran in to alert officers.

But, to their astonishment, police said they were too busy to investigate the crime and suggested they call 999 for assistance.

Mr Gibbs, 48, waited for five minutes outside the station before reluctantly driving off when he realised no one would help.

But bizarrely, ten minutes later, police sent two officers on horseback to chase the suspects.

Unsurprisingly, they had little luck catching the bus on busy London streets and the two men later got off the vehicle scot-free, unaware that they could have been caught.