Two men arrested following assault incident in New Milton

Officers investigating reports of criminal damage in the New Milton area have arrested two people in connection with the incident.

An altercation occurred outside a bar in New Milton at around 11.25pm on Friday 8 October, with a man in his 30s receiving minor injuries as a result. The incident continued outside a residential property on Eastlands whereby a front door was damaged.

As a result, a 26-year-old man of no fixed abode was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, using violent to secure entry to premises and possession with intent to supply a Class B drug.

While a 31-year-old man from Christchurch in Dorset was arrested on suspicion of using violence to secure entry to premises.

They were both later released and given conditional cautions as a result.