Police arrest man after chase on foot down London Street in Southport

Police arrested a man after a chase down London Street at approximately 12.45 today. Officers in patrol cars were searching the roads around the area when the man they were looking for was spotted on London Street by the roundabout at Derby Road.

The man was chased and apprehended on the approach to the Virginia Street footbridge. In pouring rain, the man was searched and placed into a Police vehicle and taken away for questioning at a local Police station.

No details have been released as to the man's crimes.