Man arrested after ferry passenger ‘bomb threat’ sparks evacuation

A man has been arrested after a ferry passenger who went overboard made a “bomb threat” which led to the evacuation of the vessel.Hundreds of passengers were forced to disembark on foot at Ardrossan harbour on Scotland’s west coast on Friday.The CalMac ferry service the MV Caledonian Isles was carrying 329 people from Brodick on the Isle of Arran when a man went overboard before making threats to rescuers who pulled him from the water. In an initial statement, CalMac said a threat was then received that a bomb was on board the vessel.Passengers waited on foot in a nearby Asda carpark while police officers scoured the ship, before later confirming the threat was not credible.Police Scotland said they had arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the incident. “It has been established th