Police say the 28-year-old man has evaded officers for more than three years.

The police's V****** Mdunge says the suspect was wanted for hundreds of counts of malicious damage to property cases, linked to graffiti in the Durban area.

He says the suspect has been released on warning, but will appear in a Durban court tomorrow.

In 2008, eThekwini Manager Michael Sutcliffe declared war on illegal graffiti. He appealed to parents not to shelter youngsters known to be defacing the city, saying there was not one graffiti vandal who was "not known by someone".