A POLICE officer has been taken to hospital after getting injured while making an arrest in North Wales.

North Wales Police confirmed that the officer was responding to a 'public order incident' on the Maesgeirchen estate in Bangor when they were injured.

They have been taken to hospital with 'non-life threatening' injuries.

A spokesman for the force said: "A Police Officer has been injured following an incident in Maesgeirchen, Bangor.

"At around 4:30pm (October 5) officers attended to a public order incident on the Tan-y-Bryn area of the estate.

"During the arrest of a male at the location an officer was injured and was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd with non-life threatening injuries.

"Anybody with information is asked to contact us on 101 quoting incident number Y147130.

"Officers have since left the area."