POLICE are today quizzing passengers at a Hampshire train station at the centre of an armed robbery drama.

Officers were questioning train users in the hunt for clues to track down a robber who kidnapped a passenger at gunpoint.

They were stopping passengers at Brockenhurst station where they gunman struck yesterday.

It happened when a local man in his sixties was parking his Porsche 911 Carrera at the station carpark.

He was threatened by a man who appeared to be brandishing a handgun at around 6.30am, according to police.

The gunman told the victim to get back in his car and drive him to the HSBC bank in Brockenhurst, where he forced him to withdraw some cash from an ATM.

He then made the man drive to a car park on Rhinefield Road and told him to get out of the car. It is believed this was sometime between 7 and 7.15am.

The robber then drove off and later abandoned the car in Sway Road, Brockenhurst, on a track near to the railway bridge.

Officers are now trying to trace anyone who saw any of the incident, which began on the southern side car park at Brockenhurst Station.

The car involved is quite distinctive as it is a grey Porsche 911 Carrera.

Police officers are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen what happened or anyone suspicious in the area around the time of the incident.

Detectives are keen to trace any witnesses who may have seen the car or the people involved, in the New Forest.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Operation Limestone team at Lyndhurst CID on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.