HIDDEN camera are poised to catch fly tippers waste bosses have warned.

The devices have been hailed as useful tool in our armoury' against those who dump waste in the countryside.

Bosses spoke out after three men had to pay out more than £3,000 after being caught on CCTV dumping garden waste.

Amjad Salar, 29, Arfhan Razaq Khan, 27 and Rizwan Razaq Khan, 24 were filmed dumping a builders bag, turf and soil in Burnham.

They dumped the waste in Nashdom Lane on August 12 last year after garden and driveway work was carried out at the Abbotts Way, Cippenham, Slough home of the Khans.

The two, along with Salar, of St Georges Crescent, Cippenham had to pay £3,165 in fines, costs and victim surcharges on Wednesday. All pleaded guilty.

They were seen looking under the bonnet of the vehicle - a technique favoured by fly tippers to use to distract potential witnesses, waste prosecutors said.

Buckinghamshire County Council took them to court on behalf of the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire, a group that brings together councils in the county.

Councillor Martin Tett, chairman of the Waste Committee for Buckinghamshire, said, How many more people do we need to convict before the fly tippers out there realise that there are hidden cameras right across Buckinghamshire waiting to capture their criminal acts?

This case involved three men choosing a remote rural area on a quiet Sunday afternoon, no doubt believing that they would not be caught.' Councillor Bill Lidgate, who is responsible for environment at South Bucks District Council, the area where the offence took place, said: Hidden cameras are proving to be a useful tool in our armoury against the illegal dumper.

Cameras compliment the good work regularly being done by the public who have witnessed fly tipping.

These three men caught by this particular camera have paid with their pockets, as well as now having a criminal record for a criminal act which was totally avoidable.' For more pictures scroll to the bottom of the page.