A man who smoked synthetic cannabis was arrested after allegedly punching his partner and threatening her with a hammer and a wrench.
The 42-year-old man was arrested by police on Tuesday night and charged with possession of a weapon, and assaulting a female.
Senior Sergeant Brian Benn said the man allegedly smoked K2 before a verbal altercation about a funeral they had attended.
His partner was allegedly punched in the face, threatened with a hammer and then chased around the home with a wrench.
He was given a registrar's adjournment yesterday to appear in the Dunedin District Court in a fortnight.
Snr Sgt Benn said police regularly had people in ''our care who are behaving strangely, and that may be as a result of having [synthetic cannabis] prior to their arrest''.
