Four men were arrested after a bar-side brawl in the early hours of this morning.
Police said Ashburton officers arrested four men in their 20s on Burnett St, when a fight broke out as they left a local bar just after its closing time of 3am.
Security staff alerted police to a "large group of intoxicated males" fighting and acting in a disorderly manner on Tancred St.
The fight moved into vacant land off Burnett St and ended up near the Burnett St arcade where a number of windows were smashed, police said.
Police worked with security staff and hotel employees to bring the fight under control.
"It is believed that the events developed from a verbal argument involving the males and some of their associates," a police spokesperson said.
