Driver tasered after stopped in Dunedin

A man has been tasered by police after they stopped a car he was driving in Dunedin yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said the man assaulted officers and damaged a marked car in Shore St, Andersons Bay, about 4pm.

He was tasered and taken into custody, she said.

A man was due to appear in the Dunedin District Court tomorrow on a charge of assaulting police.

Other charges were being considered, the spokeswoman said.

No further details were available. 

oscar.francis@odt.co.nz

 

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