POLICE RIVER CHASE DRAMA

Man arrested after helicopter and boat units pursue motorised dinghy down firth

- BY RUTH SUTER

ARMED cops chased a suspect in a dinghy down a river after an officer was allegedly attacked.

Police in a helicopter and boats went after the small vessel with an outboard motor down the River Clyde off Greenock.

Cops initially went to the town’s East India Harbour after reports of concern for a person at around 2am yesterday.

The man was traced before a disturbance took place and an officer was allegedly assaulted and left seriously injured.

A man made off towards the water, fled the scene in a small boat and sped out into the Firth of Clyde.