Staff and customers were forced to remain inside the Douglas Road bingo hall for two hours. Image: Kim Cessford/DCT Media.
A man has been arrested for being in possession of a machete outside a Dundee bingo hall.
Police were reported to the incident outside the Mecca Bingo on Douglas Road after 9pm on Friday night.
To ensure everyone inside the building was kept safe, management at the Mecca locked the doors and kept everyone inside for two hours.
Man arrested after disturbance outside Dundee bingo hall
Although police were called to the scene, they did not find the 31-year-old until Saturday morning.
He was then arrested for being in possession of the weapon.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a disturbance on Douglas Road, Dundee, around 9.40pm on Friday October 21.
“Around 11.30am on Saturday October 22, officers traced a 31-year-old man on Happyhillock Road who was arrested in connection with being in possession of a bladed weapon.”
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Knife-wielding man arrested after staff and customers locked inside Dundee bingo hall for two hours
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