A woman has been arrested following a report of two dogs dangerously out of control in Whitehaven.

Police were called at 3:39pm on Friday, August 4 to the report on Westmoreland Road where a man in his 70s suffered an injury to his hand during the incident, according to Cumbria Police.

Both dogs were contained and seized by police.

A 27-year-old woman from Whitehaven was arrested on suspicion of a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury. She has been released under investigation.

Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 152 of 4 August 2023. You can also phone on 101.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.