A woman was arrested after walking into a bank and telling cashiers she was carrying a gun.

The woman, who is believed to have been suffering from a drug overdose, sparked a major alert at the Market Square branch of Lloyds Bank, Witney, just after 3pm yesterday.

But quick-thinking staff set off a personal attack alarm and escaped through a back door, leaving the woman locked inside the bank.

The woman, in her late 20s or early 30s, was arrested by police and taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Insp Mike Carrick said: "The incident was dealt with very professionally. It seems it was just a member of the public who was in some distress."

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