Gloucester arrest after man seen 'naked from waist down'

The arrest was made after reports of a man walking around naked from the waist down in Edge

Police have made an arrest after a man was seen "naked from the waist down" in a Gloucestershire village.

It comes after six women reported being approached by a man in Edge and handed notes asking them to indecently expose themselves.

The incidents occurred on a canal towpath near Gloucester, on Monday.

A man, of no fixed address, was detained on suspicion of indecent exposure and public disorder offences and is in custody, police said.

A Gloucestershire Police spokesperson said: "Officers were searching the canal path between Gloucester and Stroud after six reports from women who had been approached by a man.

"It was reported that after approaching them he showed them a note on a notepad which asked them to indecently expose themselves."

Police have appealed for anyone who saw the man on the canal on Monday to come forward.

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