A MAN has been arrested after barricading himself in a train toilet while aboard a service near Newton Abbot.

Officers were called to reports of anti-social behaviour at just after 10am yesterday, Wednesday, May 21, on a board a service at Newton Abbot railway station.

Officers attended along with the fire service after a passenger had barricaded themselves in the toilet cubicle.

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fare evasion, criminal damage and obstruction of the railway, British Transport Police say.