POLICE have arrested and charged a man in connection with an alleged break-in at a popular Greenock pub. 

Officers detained a 53-year-old at One Bruce Street after receiving a report of a break-in at the premises at around 11.15pm on Sunday. 

A report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal. 

The pub's owner, Gary McDowell, told the Tele he was 'gutted' about the incident.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a break-in to a premises on Bruce Street, Greenock, around 11.15pm on Sunday 6 August.

“Officers attended and a 53-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection."