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A 45-year-old Calwell man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after police will allege he barricaded himself and another woman in his home for more than six hours yesterday afternoon.
At about 12.20pm yesterday afternoon, police attended a Calwell home to perform a welfare check on the man.
Upon arriving at the home, police observed several physical barricades in and around the house, including steel bars, glass fragments and steel barricades.
While attempting to speak to the owner of the house, police will allege they heard two loud bangs and smelt burnt explosive powder.
Police then called in the AFP’s Tactical Response Unit and negotiators to help safely retrieve the man and a woman who police identified also being at the residence.
Police will allege later in that afternoon while approaching the front window of the house, the man threw a whipper snipper at police and presented a sword 1-metre in length.
Negotiations continued where police allege the man refused to release the woman from the house.
At about 6.30pm police forced entry into the house when the man attempted to set fire to part of the house using a flamethrower and a butane can.
Police were then able to restrain the man before he was taken to hospital by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics. He was released back into police custody later that evening. The woman was physically unharmed.
He was charged with one count of forcible confinement, one count of cause explosion/danger to hinder or detention and two counts of possessing an offensive weapon with intent and will front court this morning.