A MAN has been arrested following a manhunt in Bridgwater last night.

The police helicopter was deployed by National Air Police Service Filton shortly after 5pm on Sunday following an assault in Bridgwater.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the man was subequently found and arrested at around 8pm later that evening.

Comments on social media have indicated the incident was a stabbing, however the police spokesman said the force were 'not going to go into that level of detail at this point'.