Police have ended their search for a man who threatened female passengers on a bus.

The man is said to have been verbally abusive to a bus driver as well as female passengers travelling from Lowestoft to Beccles.

Witnesses said the man shouted violent threats to the driver and female passengers on the X22 bus as it passed through Worlingham.

He was described as white, aged in his 40s, 5ft 8ins tall, with short dark hair and a paunch.

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The bus station in Gordon Road, Lowestoft is where the X22 bus set off fromThe bus station in Gordon Road, Lowestoft is where the X22 bus set off from (Image: Archant)

On the day he was wearing a light blue t-shirt and light blue jogging trousers.

But a police spokesman has said that the case has been closed pending further investigative opportunities becoming available.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to contact Suffolk Police, quoting crime reference 37/28312/24.