An Oxfordshire pub was closed for a day as police cars swarmed the watering hole.

The Maybush on Abingdon Road in Newbridge near Witney was closed on Friday, September 27 as police cars flocked to the scene.

One eyewitness said: “I went past this morning [Friday] and saw a hell of a lot of emergency service vehicles."

On Friday, a spokesperson for The Maybush pub said: “We are truly sorry, but due to an ongoing incident, the pub is closed today.”

The drinking spot reopened on Saturday and staff confirmed that Thames Valley Police had been at the site but did not reveal the reason why.

A spokesperson for The Maybush pub said: “We aren’t closed anymore as we were shut for just one day.

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“It was nothing to do with the floods, it was something else but we reopened on Saturday.

“There were police at the pub.”

The Oxford Mail approached Thames Valley Police for comment but the force said that it could not find anything related to the area on their internal logs on Sunday afternoon.

The pub is described by staff as being "a beautiful dog-friendly pub nestled on the banks of the River Thames".

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