A Christchurch man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to rob a dairy this morning.
The 24-year-old man entered the shop on Opawa Rd in Waltham about 8am shortly after it opened, police said in a statement.
He then allegedly tried to take a number of items but the dairy owner intervened and the man left the shop and fled in a vehicle.
Police set up cordons in the area and found the man and the vehicle on Tunnel Rd, where he was arrested.
Two firearms and a hatchet were found in the vehicle.
