A man threatened to return to a Dunedin supermarket with a weapon after they refused to sell him a bottle of wine at 9am because he was drunk.
Acting Sergeant Matthew Nichols, of Dunedin, said police were called to a local supermarket at 9.13am yesterday after a 58-year-old man was refused service, due to his level of intoxication, when trying to buy a bottle of wine.
A member of the public said they heard the man threaten to return to the shop with a weapon.
He left on foot and police found him a short distance away, Sgt Nichols said.
The man explained he was "just frustrated" he could not buy the wine.
No charges were laid.
