A man has been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment after a teenage girl was locked in a shop.

Police were called to a shop in Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, at 9pm yesterday evening (November 9).

A 14-year-old girl had been locked in the shop for around 10 minutes.

A police spokesperson said that the girl “was not harmed” in the incident.

Officers subsequently arrested a man on suspicion of false imprisonment.

He has been bailed while police enquiries into the incident continue.