A man arrested as part of a probe into a bank raid has appeared in court.

Russell Snowdon, 40, was apprehended in the investigation into a robbery at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Langholm last month.

He appeared on a petition before Sheriff Scott Pattison at Dumfries which included charges under the explosive Substances Act and housebreaking

and opening lockfast places.

No plea or declaration was made. Snowdon, of Durham, was remanded in custody for further examination.