A MAN remains in custody in connection with the explosion of a cash machine in Iron Acton yesterday.

The 27-year-old was arrested following reports of an ATM being blown up on a petrol station forecourt.

Police officers were called to the Esso garage on Yate Road, Iron Acton, shortly after 12.30am on Monday morning.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police confirmed that a 27-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the incident and that enquiries are ongoing.

Anyone with information should call 101 and quote crime reference number 5217190828.