A MAN has been arrested after a policeman was attacked by two dogs.

The 40-year-old off-duty officer helped a railway worker to challenge a man suspected of fare evasion on the platform of Chingford railway station last Wednesday evening.

But the pair were attacked by the man’s two pit bull-type dogs, forcing the off-duty officer to call for back up.

Police then arrested the man, who had walked off in the direction of Forest Approach.

The dogs were seized and taken to a pound.

A 35-year-old was arrested on suspicion of offences relating to dangerous dogs

He has been bailed until January.

Both men were uninjured.