A 26-year-old man arrested after allegedly swinging a machete in the Stockland Nowra car park on Friday has been charged with numerous offences.
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The man was arrested by South Coast Police in the Nowra CBD just after 12.15pm.
Police were initially called to the Stockland complex after reports a man was armed with and swinging a machete in the shopping centre car park.
Police said the man ran from the scene as officers arrived but was arrested a short time later in nearby O’Keeffe Lane behind the Nowra Mall Shopping Centre.
Multiple police officers took part in the arrest.
At the time South Coast Police were conducting a special high visibility police operation, including bicycle police, in the Nowra CBD.
The man was charged with wielding a knife in a public place, affray, armed with intent to commit an indictable offence and carrying a cutting weapon upon arrest.
He has been bailed to appear in Nowra Local Court on February 18.
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