A van driver has been caught red-handed after he dumped a cigarette butt on the road.

The litter lout was caught on camera on Oxford Road in Aylesbury on May 15.

The driver of a Buckinghamshire College Group van was reportedly seen dropping a cigarette butt out of the window onto the road. 

He was unaware that a Buckinghamshire Council enforcement officer was driving behind him.

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The act was caught on the officer's active dash camera. 

See the slow-motion video below. 

The council’s flytipping enforcement team said the van driver “has paid a £150 fixed penalty for littering”.