A man has been arrested after independence referendum votes were put up for sale on eBay.

Various listings appeared on the internet auction site offering bidders the chance to purchase the sellers’ personal votes on September 18.

On Saturday afternoon Police Scotland said they had arrested a man in Drumchapel in connection with alleged breaches of election law.

A spokesman for the force said: “Following police enquiries, a 28 year-old man was arrested in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow earlier today, Saturday 30 August 2014, in relation to an alleged contravention of Schedule 7 of the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013.

“The 28 year-old man will be subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal.”

A spokesman for eBay told STV earlier this week: “eBay does not permit the sale of certain items.

“In addition to our own investigations, eBay uses reports from users and advice from third party experts to keep eBay safe and to ensure that items of concern are not listed for sale.

“The Electoral Commission has an agreement in place where we remove upon request any items posted on eBay that relate to an individual’s vote where the Commission has concerns that this could lead to the law being broken.”