POLICE arrested a man in the Portfields are of Hereford after residents reported seeing a man run through back gardens.

A 29-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was arrested under the Public Order Act 1986 at 9.30pm on Sunday in Turner Street.

He remains in police custody at this time.

West Mercia Police confirmed to the Hereford Times that the man was arrested following an incident in St Owen Street but could not elaborate on the alleged offence.