"Multiple" police officers were required to restrain and arrest a 26-year-old man who ran amok at Woolworths Dunedin Central supermarket on Wednesday night.
Senior Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were called to the store about 9pm after the man started "knocking over displays and barging into staff and customers".
He said police located the man, who was still in the store.
"He was aggressive towards police throughout the interaction, and required multiple officers to restrain and handcuff him."
The man was arrested by police for disorderly behaviour, but was later released with a warning and was served with a trespass notice for the store.
"The reason he wasn’t charged is because he was having a really bad day."
Police took the incident seriously, particularly after Luke James Lambert, 42, stabbed four people in a random attack in 2021.
In December 2021, Lambert pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was subsequently sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
