Charges: Armed man, Doomadgee

QPS Media on Feb 13, 2016 @ 12:00am

Doomadgee police have charged a 31-year-old man after an incident yesterday evening in Doomadgee.

Around 8.20pm, police were called to the intersection of Burke and Robert streets where they will allege that a man was aggressively holding a knife in each hand and walking down the street.

After he unarmed himself, police apprehended him without incident.

The 31-year-old Doomadgee man has been charged with one count of possession of a knife in a public place. He is scheduled to appear in the Doomadgee Magistrates Court on February 17.

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