Belrose: Police attend Hilversum Cres property, use taser on man

A man has been tasered during a scuffle with police after they allegedly found guns during a fire in a carport on a rural property in Sydney’s northern beaches.

Police wrestle with the occupant of a semirural property at Belrose before using a Taser on him after the allegedly resisted officers and allegedly punched an officer in the face. Police allegedly found two guns and ammunition on the property after a fire in the carport. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

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A man was tasered during a scuffle with police after they allegedly discovered guns and ammunition during a fire at a northern beaches home today.

Police were at the semirural property at Belrose with firefighters after reports that a carport which had caught alight may have contained ammunition.

Emergency services at the property on Hilversum Cres, Belrose. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

Emergency services were called to the 2.3ha property in Hilversum Cres just before noon on Monday.

But firefighters from the Belrose Rural Fire Service brigade then contacted police at about 12.15pm because the man, 54, was allegedly becoming uncooperative.

When the Manly Daily arrived in Hilversum Cres it saw at least four uniformed police officers trying to wrestle the man to the ground about 50m from the large house.

Firefighters were called to the property to put out a blaze in the carport. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

During the scuffle on a grassed area one of the officers appeared to shout “taser, taser” as the man was struggling with police.

The man then started shouting in pain as he lay on the ground.

Officers tried to calm him down and told him that an ambulance had been called and would arrive soon.

An ambulance arrives at the property. Paramedics treated a probationary police officer for facial injuries. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

Firefighters quickly put out the fire in the car port on the property, which backs on to the Glenaeon Retirement Village at Belrose.

Paramedics arrived about 20 minutes later and examined the man.

He was then taken into custody and taken to Manly Police Station where he was questioned on Monday afternoon.

A police vehicle leaving a property in Hilversum Cres at Belrose where police arrested a man after emergency services received calls about a fire in a garage that may have contained ammunition. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

A police spokesman said and an amount of ammunition, and other items allegedly found in the car port, were seized.

Two firearms where also found nearby, police alleged.

Police also alleged the man assaulted an officer.

Police soon after using a Taser on the man for allegedly resisting officers and assaulting a probationary constable. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

When officers began speaking to the man, he became agitated and allegedly punched a male probationary constable in the face, a spokesman said.

The officer was also treated at the scene by paramedics.

Police confirmed that a Taser had been used after the man allegedly resisted officers.

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