Police respond to reports man wielding knife at Stockland

Police responded to reports a man was wielding a knife at Stockland Shopping Centre on Sunday afternoon.

Stockland Plaza Shopping Centre in Aitkenvale.

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POLICE were called to Stockland Plaza at Aitkenvale on Sunday following reports a man was wielding a knife and threatening customers.

A spokeswoman from Queensland Police said a man was seen to be creating a nuisance in the shopping centre shortly after 5pm before he was detained and searched at the neighbouring Sunvale Shopping Centre.

The spokeswoman said police did not find a knife in the man’s possession but instead located cannabis.

The man was issued with a notice to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court.

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