A West Cumbrian man has been arrested in the early hours of this morning for inciting racial hatred on a social media website.
Cumbria police said the 36-year-old Maryport man was arrested following a report from a member of the public after a tweet on Twitter yesterday evening.
It is not known what the content of the tweet was.
The man is currently in police custody.
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