A CAMPAIGN to rid Oxford of its “bad eggs” kicks off today with an Easter campaign to track down Oxford’s most wanted suspects.

The Bad Eggs initiative is launched by the Oxford Mail and Thames Valley Police in a drive to crack crime in the city over the holiday weekend.

Starting today we will publish the details of a suspect wanted for questioning by detectives for a range of crimes.

The crime drive follows on from the Oxford Mail’s successful Badvent Christmas campaign, which led to the arrest of eight suspects.

Det Insp Paul Miller: “I do think it’s a great thing.

“From my perspective it’s fantastic because the police only have a few eyes and ears out on the streets, but the public have thousands.

“When we put appeals like this before the public, people know who these people are, where they are living, and even if we get information that doesn’t lead to an arrest it is still useful.

“We deal with a wide range of crimes and information no matter how small is useful.”

Day one suspect Muham-med Umer also goes under the name of Muhammed Omes and he is wanted for failing to sign into the police station after being charged with possession of a knife.

The 23-year-old, of no fixed address, was arrested in St Aldate’s, Oxford, on Tuesday, February 28, and appeared the next day at Oxford Magistrates’ Court charged with carrying a blade.

He was released on conditional bail to sign on at Oxford police station every day, but hasn’t turned up.

Umer is of Asian appearance, 6ft 5ins tall, of medium build and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Calling on Oxford Mail readers to get in touch with any information they have about his whereabouts, DI Miller said: “People often think they know something that won’t be any use to the police, but that information may be the key piece that puts a puzzle together.

“A lot of people don’t want to talk to the police but they can call Crimestoppers and often there is a reward for information given that leads to conviction.”

* Anyone with information should call Thames Valley Police on 101 or call the independent Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555111.