ARMED cops swooped on a Glasgow-bound bus from London last night after a 'disruptive' man shouting 'Praise Allah' caused a driver to pull over and encourage worried passengers to evacuate the vehicle.

Around six police cars raced to the scene on the M6 after the Megabus driver pulled over and alerted emergency services.

4 The scene around midnight last night Credit: Catherine Graham

The driver then "quietly" told passengers to get off the bus as they waited for officers to arrive.

Glasgow student Catherine Graham was returning home from six weeks in South America when she was caught up in the incident, near Rugby, Warwickshire, shortly after midnight.

Catherine said: "A man was saying stuff out loud repeatedly on the bus which began to worry some of the passengers.

4 Armed police attended the incident

She continued: "After a few of them told the driver, the driver pulled over and alerted the police."

The Glasgow Caledonian University student said people raised the alarm after he was heard loudly "praising Allah" and saying "something was going to happen soon."

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Ms Graham continued: "The bus driver then came up and quietly told us to get off the bus without making a noise.

"A few minutes later a police convoy of about six cars showed up with armed police too and they handled the situation."

4 The bus was stopped near Rugby

Warwick police said they are carrying out checks but the incident is not being treated as terrorist related and no explosives were seized.

A Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police spokesman said: “At 11.56pm last night, officers responded to a call raising concern about a man’s behaviour on a bus on the M6 near Rugby.

“The bus stopped on Central Park Drive where a 47-year-old man from Manchester was detained under the Mental Health Act.

"He will now undergo a mental health assessment.”

4 The bus from where passengers were evacuated

Megabus said the vehicle was only delayed 40 minutes.

A spokeswoman for Stagecoach, who run Megabus, said: "I can confirm that this happened on the M6 near Rugby.

"Passengers on board our service alerted the driver to a disruptive passenger.

"In turn, the driver alerted the police and was met at the next available motorway stop.

"Passengers alighted the vehicle to assist the police with the removal of the passenger from the service, which then continued with only a 40 minute delay.

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