A MAN taken to hospital after being found in a pond in the early hours of this morning has been detained under the mental health act.

A MAN taken to hospital after being found in a pond in the early hours of this morning has been detained under the mental health act.

An ambulance was dispatched to School Lane in Haverhill at around 12.32am, where they pulled the man from the water and took him to West Suffolk Hospital.

A police spokesman said the man had not suffered any injury in the incident and confirmed he had since been detained.