Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a report of threats and abuse in Ottery St Mary.
It was reported that just after midday on Wednesday 2 July, in the beer garden of The London Inn, a suspect approached a man and threatened to burn his house down.
He is then said to have held a glass to his face and made a further threat.
A local man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress, and threatening to damage or destroy a property.
He has been released on police bail.
Anybody in the pub at the time who witnessed the incident is asked to get in touch on 101 or via the website quoting 50250170468
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