VANDALS caused £4,000-worth of damage to a Blackburn snooker hall.

All nine tables at Starline Snooker Centre, Railway Road were slashed and spray painted with obscene slogans such as "mod's ok" in the attack.

Fire extinguishers were set off and one-armed bandits were looted in the chaos.

Manager Brian Henry said he was "heartbroken" at the damage.