Man charged following incident at Miranda shopping centre - CTST Command

Thursday, 25 July 2024 12:21:33 PM

A man has been charged following an incident at a shopping centre in Sydney’s south yesterday.

Just after 2.00pm Wednesday 24 July 2024, emergency services were called to a shopping centre on the Kingsway at Miranda, following reports of a man throwing bottles inside a bathroom on level one.

Officers from Sutherland Shire Police Area Command attended and located several bottles which were seized for further forensic analysis.

The shopping centre was not evacuated.

Police established a number of crime scenes and commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

About 2:16pm officers arrested a 21-year-old man nearby.

During a search of the man police located and seized a knife, a bottle, and other items.

He was taken to Sutherland Police Station, before being taken to hospital for treatment for a minor injury and assessment.

The man has been charged by officers attached to the Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command with possess in public place non-firearm for discharging irritant, custody of knife in public place – first offence, and leave/send substance/article create false belief danger.

He was bail refused to appear before Sutherland Local Court today (Thursday 25 July 2024).

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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