Man arrested over sleeper train fire at Lockerbie Published duration 27 January 2017

A man has been arrested in connection with a small fire on board a Caledonian sleeper train reported as it was travelling through Lockerbie station.

The British Transport Police were called out to the incident at about 03:00 on Thursday.

Officers met the train in Carlisle and arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of fire raising and theft.

The BTP said he was being transferred back to a base in Scotland to be dealt with under Scots Law.